Amari Cooper traded to cowboys

[Bradyking12]

Because the Patriots valued the insurance Jimmy G provided more than the draft pick. If they really just wanted the draft pick, they could have gotten a 1st rounder in the 2017 offseason. But they felt the insurance portion (potential decline of a 40 year old, really liked Jimmy) outweighed that.

Aware of that but regarding in October 2017, 49ers were gonna extend him anyhow so why couldn't we get a 1st.

 

[everlong]

Jerry didn't learn when he gave up a first rounder for Roy Williams a decade ago.

 

[TheRainMaker]

Jerry didn't learn when he gave up a first rounder for Roy Williams a decade ago.

I commented on that earlier. It’s going to be a disaster.

 

[fightingirish595]

Jerry really is an idiot.

Gruden will probably waste the pick

 

[Love The Drake]

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Jerry really is an idiot.

Gruden will probably waste the pick

No truer words have been spoke

 

[Delicate Genius]

 

[Kdo5]

Horrendous trade. Amari is worth a draft pick to a receiver needy team but a first rounder is heinous.

 

[PP2]

hahahaha. Jerruh is the comedy show that keeps on giving.

 

[Soliel]

They are trying to pull a cleaveland here

 

[Ice_Ice_Brady]

Remember that bizarro time when Jerry Jones got restrained from drafting Johnny Football, wasn’t allow to be involved in personnel decisions, and watched the GM draft like four all-pro offensive linemen, leading to the first championship contending team in 20+ years? Well things are back to normal again.

 

[DaBronxPats14]

A first for Cooper? Was Jerry getting high with randy Gregory when he made this deal?

I think JJ was in a "meeting" with Irsay*

 

[DaBruinz]

Guys.. It's real easy. As was pointed out, it wasn't even JERRY who made the deal. It was his son. And it's plain to me that he did it to keep Cooper out of the hands of the Eagles who supposedly offered a 2nd round pick.

If it had been me, I'd have let Cooper go to the Eagles because it's subtraction by addition. The Eagles passing game would have suffered due to Cooper's ineptitude and then laughed every time he dropped a pass from Wentz..

 

[nabwong]

I regretted buying a backscratcher from Amazon for $5 when I saw the same one the next day at cvs for $2 but Jerry Jones just traded a #1 pick for Amari Cooper so maybe I shouldn’t feel so bad.

 

[TomPatriot]

And the Pats got back a 7.

 

[chris_in_sunnyvale]

Anytime you can trade your first round pick to get an underperforming WR who may stay in concussion protocol for a while? You just have to pull the trigger on that trade!

Regards,
Chris

 

[Maho Hiyajo]

Just heard that he's planning on trading Cooper and another future first for Earl Thomas.

 

[JPsPats]

Hey didn’t Jerry say a couple weeks ago that they can be like the rams? Rams traded a 1st rounder for cooks, so jerry trades a 1st rounder for cooper... LOL.

Coop is only 24 and could bounce back but still an overpayment and big risk for Dallas lmao.

 

[SEA_Pat]

Put me in the group that likes what Gruden is doing from a business/management perspective. As someone who hates the Raiders, I really hope he isn’t successful. Let him crash and burn!! A few things though.

1.If you know you can’t win with or afford the guys you got, why keep ‘em? It’s not fair to anyone involved.

2.Amassing draft picks is a fantastic way to rebuild your team. For some teams (the browns) it may take a lot longer than you wish for, but either way, with draft picks comes great value. He can use those high picks to trade for other players, or even better, trade down and amass even more picks. Really overhaul that team.

3. What better way to get people hyped to buy your overly priced tix? Load that roster with young and exciting talent. Short term, people fill those seats for the promise that talent represents. Long term, you ideally have more athletic, talented players who fit your system, and are on cost controlled contracts. It may be a really ****ty way to send out the city of Oakland, but it’s business baby!

I think it's quite interesting, they're doing an NBA-style "blow it up" strategy to an extent we haven't really seen that I can recall. From Gruden's perspective, it shows that he definitely hasn't lost it - keep that team and you have to win now, 10 year contract be damned. Blow it up and nobody has any expectations for the next 3-5 years. Tank this season and bye-bye Reggie McKenzie, you take the fall, he takes total control. Smart job security move, smarter Machiavellian one.

 

[Maho Hiyajo]

I think it's quite interesting, they're doing an NBA-style "blow it up" strategy to an extent we haven't really seen that I can recall. From Gruden's perspective, it shows that he definitely hasn't lost it - keep that team and you have to win now, 10 year contract be damned. Blow it up and nobody has any expectations for the next 3-5 years. Tank this season and bye-bye Reggie McKenzie, you take the fall, he takes total control. Smart job security move, smarter Machiavellian one.

Hard to disagree with this. And Carr has a mega contract so you're wed to him for the foreseeable future.

Stockpiling picks is really all you can do at this point because this team right now is no contender

 

[BaconGrundleCandy]

Put me in the group that likes what Gruden is doing from a business/management perspective. As someone who hates the Raiders, I really hope he isn’t successful. Let him crash and burn!! A few things though.

1.If you know you can’t win with or afford the guys you got, why keep ‘em? It’s not fair to anyone involved.

2.Amassing draft picks is a fantastic way to rebuild your team. For some teams (the browns) it may take a lot longer than you wish for, but either way, with draft picks comes great value. He can use those high picks to trade for other players, or even better, trade down and amass even more picks. Really overhaul that team.

3. What better way to get people hyped to buy your overly priced tix? Load that roster with young and exciting talent. Short term, people fill those seats for the promise that talent represents. Long term, you ideally have more athletic, talented players who fit your system, and are on cost controlled contracts. It may be a really ****ty way to send out the city of Oakland, but it’s business baby!

It took Cleveland a long time & multiple barrels of riches to get here.

More picks/trading down doesn't = a better chance to hit.

Again Cleveland is a perfect example of that along w San Francisco.

The draft is basically 4 rounds. That where you have to hit.

As the draft goes on the talent pool shrinks drastically & sometimes isn't there at all in some drafts. IOW not every draft will have picks worth anything in the 5th, 6th, 7th rounds.



Bottom line is you have to hit on your picks & know what you're doing no matter the #. If you can't evaluate it doesn't matter how many picks you have.


Gruden was pounding the table for Johnny Football & has a winning % below Chuck Pagano.
He might safe but others aren't. He's already thrown the GM under the bus & lied to the fans about keeping Mack. Good luck building a team when it's everyone else's fault for losing.

Not to mention he's literally filling holes he's creating.

Not easy to build a legit winner when you're drowning by self inflicted wounds.

At best w these picks they'll be treading water in that division in 4-5 years. Again good luck selling that to fans of a new team. No QB. No playmakers.