The Dallas Cowboys continue to do the abnormal when it comes to their dealings during the initial free agency period.

After trading for Pro Bowl cornerback Stephon Gilmore earlier this week, they have now acquired wide receiver Brandin Cooks from the Houston Texans for a fifth-round pick this year and a sixth-rounder in 2024.

Sources: The #Texans are trading WR Brandin Cooks to the #Cowboys for a 5th this year and 6th next year. A big-play threat for Dallas.

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 19, 2023

Dallas expected to give up a fifth-round pick this year and a sixth-round pick next year, per source. Cooks' $18M salary is guaranteed, so will be interesting to see if HOU taking on some of money.

Dallas gets a true vertical threat to complement CeeDee Lamb. https://t.co/iKuGUaqnEa

— Jeremy Fowler (@JFowlerESPN) March 19, 2023

This move should certainly make Cooks a happy man.

Once the Texans fired former head coach Lovie Smith after one season in January, Cook made it clear he wanted out.

"I'm not looking at it as far as being a part of a rebuild, however that looks," Cooks said, via ESPN. "That's why I trust my camp and my representation to be able to get a map from here to there and to see what that looks like to be a part of something that has a trusted plan."

Well, Cooks is now on his way to Dallas to join a team that's won 12 games in each of the last two seasons and has CeeDee Lamb and Michael Gallup on the roster, making them quite the trio at wide receiver. 

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