More evidence that the Cowboys botched the Amari Cooper trade
The Dallas Cowboys made the decision to part ways with Amari Cooper in the early stages of the offseason. Whether you agree or disagree, the Cowboys felt that the two parties needed to go in a different direction. Moving on from Amari Cooper is not the biggest problem. Although, the trade does put more pressure […]
The Dallas Cowboys made the decision to part ways with Amari Cooper in the early stages of the offseason. Whether you agree or disagree, the Cowboys felt that the two parties needed to go in a different direction.
Moving on from Amari Cooper is not the biggest problem. Although, the trade does put more pressure on Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb. How those two pick up the slack will indicate how well the season goes.
The bigger problem is how the Cowboys executed the trade. Dallas made it known that they were willing to part ways with Cooper. As a result, the trade market was dry for the Pro Bowl wideout.
Dallas ultimately sent Cooper to the Cleveland Browns for a fifth-round selection and a swap of sixth-rounders. It was evident back in March that the Cowboys received very little value. That has only become more and more obvious in the months since.
Davante Adams was traded for a first-round and a second-round draft pick — two premium selections. Tyreek Hill was acquired in exchange for multiple premium picks and multiple day-three selections.
Both Adams and Hill are the best of the best in the NFL. But beyond them, other wideouts were traded for much more than Cooper was. AJ Brown was sent to the Eagles for a first-round pick. The same for Hollywood Brown to the Cardinals.
Latest evidence of how the Cowboys messed up
One can argue that the value that Dallas received is how the NFL thinks of Amari Cooper. He has been labeled as injury prone and is now on his third team in his career. The Raiders traded Cooper to the Cowboys ahead of the 2018 trade deadline, of course.
However, it can also be argued that the Cowboys messed up. For one, why trade a Pro Bowl wideout for that little value? Especially since Dallas did not do much to replace Cooper aside from spending a third-round draft pick on Jalen Tolbert.
The latest NFL news is more evidence that the Dallas Cowboys really botched the trade. That is because the Philadelphia Eagles traded away a worse receiver than Cooper and still came away with a better deal.
The Eagles traded away Jalen Reagor to the Vikings for a conditional fourth-rounder and a seventh-round selection. At worst, Philadelphia will be coming away with practically equivalent value for a player that is not Amari Cooper's caliber.
It is very difficult to argue that the Cowboys did not mess up.
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