NFL media reacts to Cowboys trading Amari Cooper to Browns
By John Buhler
Amari Cooper was traded by the Dallas Cowboys to the Cleveland Browns in a blockbuster deal.
The Cleveland Browns have their long-term replacement for Odell Beckham Jr., as they traded for wide receiver Amari Cooper in a deal with the Dallas Cowboys.
Dallas clearly wanted to move off Cooper’s contract. To do so, they sent their former star wide receiver to Cleveland, along with a sixth-round pick. In return, all the Browns had to give up was their 2022 fifth-round pick and a sixth-round pick. Cleveland gets a perennial Pro Bowl wide receiver, while the Cowboys essentially get day-three draft compensation for their No. 1 option.
It is only fitting that the NFL media had some things to say about this trade over on social media.
NFL media reacts after Amari Cooper was traded by the Cowboys to the Browns
From a Dallas standpoint, it feels like the Cowboys were robbed, or at the very least, are paying dearly for The Joneses deciding to pay their second-best running back Ezekiel Elliott two years early.
Trading Amari Cooper to sign Michael Gallup to a deal ($13M/year) makes no sense.
— Marcus Mosher (@Marcus_Mosher) March 12, 2022
Amari Cooper wide open looking for a pass from Baker pic.twitter.com/8XUgHLzXf1
— Annie Agar (@AnnieAgar) March 12, 2022
https://twitter.com/PFF/status/1502727349712068610
As for Cleveland, this is all about getting a proven No. 1 wide receiver for Baker Mayfield.
Wow! The Cowboys traded Amari Cooper away for two “possibles” in a Spades game. Considering Day 3 picks are considered developmental prospects, the Cowboys simply wanted to move on from the veteran WR. No other way to say it.. #NFL https://t.co/xnMbzZFPvi
— Bucky Brooks (@BuckyBrooks) March 12, 2022
Dallas trading away Amari Cooper for a 5th rounder so they can pay Zeke & his $18,220,000 cap hit is glorious to witness
— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) March 12, 2022
“This could be potentially the last year for Baker Mayfield. You’ve got to give him a fighting chance.”@ColinCowherd approves of Amari Cooper to the Browns. pic.twitter.com/kyJY89bnjd
— The Volume (@TheVolumeSports) March 12, 2022
For Amari Cooper’s contract, would rather draft a receiver tbh
— Damien Woody (@damienwoody) March 12, 2022
This quarterback/wide receiver tandem will be utterly fascinating to watch next season in what will be the most important year of Mayfield’s playing career.
The Cleveland #Browns stole Amari Cooper. Cowboys mistake is their gain.
— Dawg Pound Daily (@dawgpounddaily) March 12, 2022
Today is the 3 year anniversary of the #Browns trading a 1st, a 3rd, and Jabrill Peppers for Odell Beckham Jr.
— Nick Pedone (@NickPedone12) March 12, 2022
They just got Amari Cooper for a 5th round pick.
Amari Cooper getting his "Welcome to Cleveland" text from Baker pic.twitter.com/AL3biW8Le9
— Pickswise (@Pickswise) March 12, 2022
Amari Cooper going from the Cowboys to the Browns pic.twitter.com/v3B0RxrvzL
— Action Network (@ActionNetworkHQ) March 12, 2022
Ultimately, this move was more about the Cowboys getting out from Cooper’s contract than anything. It is hard to imagine this is the best offer they could have gotten. Since many teams probably anticipated he would be released, this just shows how little of a trade market the Cowboys really had for Cooper. This head-scratching move could come back to haunt them.
Look for this trade to be scrutinized and dissected 10 times over throughout the next NFL season.
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