Signed by Cowboys Amari Cooper traded to Cowboys **merged**

[eromeopolk]

How much future value did the Cowboys just flush down the toilet for this "mesiah"?

Not much, they were going to have to draft a WR in 2019 anyway.

 

[Sydla]

The best part?

People defending this trade are some of the same people who defended the front office when they said in May and June that a WR by committee approach was the right move for this team and didn't need that alpha dog, #1 type WR. In fact, some predicted the passing game would be even better using this approach.

6 months later, the front office just told you guys they were full of crap and had no idea what they were doing.

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

A no 1 pick for LEE.....are we drinking massive amounts of Tequila again folks?

Hit Jerry up he might do that trade LOL....

Well, keep in mind, we are talking about Gruden, and he does like experienced players. Have a look at the Raiders roster: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakland_Raiders#Current_roster

That's not exactly a great LB group. Even a half-healthy Lee is miles better than that group. If a first is too high, then I'd see if they'd go for a 2nd. Then, if we do get a 4th for parting ways with Thompson, I'd see if I can package the extra 2nd and 4th to move back into the first round and get a safety or a DT. It depends on how the Raiders would want to play it, but I could see quite a few teams having a go at Lee if we put him out there. As injury prone as he is, he's one of the best LBs in the league, and I think teams know that.

 

[Twin]

So we dnt trade a 1st rd pick for ET who I might add would make THE defense a top 5 but we trade a 1st rounder for a WR who production has been down 2str8 years oh wait not to mention OUR QB struggles to find open receivers n has poor pocket awareness hmmm n the rest of our schedule isn't a cake walk that pick will b Top 10 14 the lastest I love the cowboys but I dnt get it QB IS THE MAIN ISSUE MY GUY ROMO CALLED OUT SO MANY OF DAK FLAWS YESTERDAY OMG WHAT I WOULD GIVE UP TO SEE #9 UNDER CENTER JUST VENTING CUZ WE LOST BUT TO THE Commanders

 

[Beast_from_East]

Can't wait to watch Prescott not throw to him after holding the ball too long then flushing towards the pressure. I'm so excited.

And getting hit and fumbling...……..especially near his own end zone...……….it don't get no better than that

 

[Dre11]

You people cry about everything, why the hell are you'll even cowboys fan.

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

Not much, they were going to have to draft a WR in 2019 anyway.

Yes, but, to look at it alternatively, I'm not sure a 1st is necessarily good value for a WR, especially a high 1st. If it's a mid-late 1st round pick, then fine, not bad for Cooper. I can see that being the logic here.

 

[JustChip]

Oh god.

Jerry panicked.

Yippers. The anthesis of Warren Buffet’s Mantra, “be exuberant when everyone else is fearful, and fearful when everyone else is exuberant.”

The only conceivable justification is if the Eagles were truly in mix for him. But you need to worry first about yourself and not others.

 

[CosmicCowboy]

Dumb move !

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

I guess it's protecting everybody. Dak too, and himself.

Or, perhaps it's making Garrett and Linehan have to produce better. I suppose if we make the playoffs that it'd give Garrett and Linehan a reprieve for another season, and the first would turn out to not be such a risk. If they miss the playoffs and/or the playcalling still looks pathetic despite this move, then Jerry surely has to part ways with Garrett and Linehan, right?

 

[AlienBoy]

Alright!!!!! We're going to the Super Bowl!!!!

 

[bark]

Honestly would have rather had a motivated dez and kept my 1st

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

I knew it!

Well, I'm not sure that we would get the 4th back, but I too have read that on here. That was why I said, "If true". But yes, if it is true that we would get the 4th back, then that makes this transfer not a bad move.

 

[KingintheNorth]

The best part?

People defending this trade are some of the same people who defended the front office when they said in May and June that a WR by committee approach was the right move for this team and didn't need that alpha dog, #1 type WR. In fact, some predicted the passing game would be even better using this approach.

6 months later, the front office just told you guys they were full of crap and had no idea what they were doing.

many here have proven they will defend this front office no matter what.

just as there are some here who hate everything the front office does.

Unfortunately for the Apologists, the Truthers have been right a whole lot more.

This is also the team that in one off-season, spent a 1st and a 2nd (Claiborne) and significant cap room (Carr) on two man corners, only to switch to a zone-heavy scheme a year later. There is no plan. This Front Office overreacts and then dedicates significant time to excuses and rationalization.

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

Honestly would have rather had a motivated dez and kept my 1st

Perhaps we still can make that move. Gallup has been progressing nicely, and Beasley seems to be returning to form. Outside of that, we're not exactly great at WR, and we could certainly use the depth. Maybe that's the angle we go at here. Pity Wilson got hurt in TC. He was looking quite good, I thought. In fact, maybe we don't draft a WR now because of those 2 factors.

 

[Asklesko]

Or, perhaps it's making Garrett and Linehan have to produce better. I suppose if we make the playoffs that it'd give Garrett and Linehan a reprieve for another season, and the first would turn out to not be such a risk. If they miss the playoffs and/or the playcalling still looks pathetic despite this move, then Jerry surely has to part ways with Garrett and Linehan, right?

I agree that it could be a ploy to smoke out Garrett... But I lean harder toward the idea that with Amari and two or three more wins, Garrett avoids looking like the putz that he is. Thus Jerry has traded a first for the justification to keep Garrett in Dallas. The fans think everything is hunky dorry at 8-8 so the Dallas machine's gears grind on.

 

[MonsterD]

I'm not even sure what is worse the trade for Roy Williams or this.

 

[Beast_from_East]

I agree. I have no idea how this works out but at least Cooper is only 24. If he ends up being a stud for us we will have him for his prime.

Problem is that we don't "have him for his prime"...………..Its a year and a half rental and then he hits free agency.

If he sucks, we wont resign him...…...if he is awesome, he will want too much money and we wont resign him.

So explain again how exactly do we have him for his prime? Or is the plan to pay him $15-$18 a season on a new deal?

 

[StarBoyz83]

Hopefully a change of scenery helps him but he hasnt done much with a better qb in oakland.

 

[JohnnyHopkins]

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