I feel that they have to get the Cooper deal done, even if they look like they're overpaying. You have to keep him regardless, and you have to keep the franchise tag to use on the quarterback if he and his agent continue to talk tough.
Actually that’s probably not accurate. They could, conceivably decide (based on other players they think they can get by with) that the price is just too high to resign Amari and let him walk in free agency for a 3rd round pick.
That would certainly not be ideal, but it would have been a cheap rental of the player for two years at a low cap hit.
Again, I’m not saying it’s ideal, or what I would do, but we also don’t want to pay him as the best receiver in football, because he isn’t.
The Cowboys waited too long to extend Amari for a lower cap hit. But that ship has sailed. If the young guys start stepping up in practice the Cowboys may start backing away from that deal.
Dak is probably going to get paid no matter what happens and it will probably be too much. But we do hold two FTs in our pocket.
