After exchanging Cooper for Dallas, struggling Raiders put Marshawn Lynch in injured reserve

The Oakland Raiders may have trouble scoring for the rest of the season. Oakland traded Amari Cooper, a talented but inconsistent wide receiver, to the Dallas Cowboys on Monday afternoon, leaving the team to a receivers' corps led by veteran Jordy Nelson, incoherent Martavis Bryant and slotback Seth Roberts.

Later in the day, the Raiders announced that they had placed running back Marshawn Lynch on the injured list.

Over the weekend, it was reported that Lynch had a injury to the groin that will hold him for at least a month. Our Sean Wagner-McGough summarized the news at the time:

It's sad, but it's normal that the Raiders lost Lynch to all the players because of an injury. After securing their move to Las Vegas, traded with Khalil Mack and started from 1 to 5, it became clear that, whether they are tankers or not, the Raiders will probably not give Oakland the kind of season that's out there. It deserves before giving up. Lynch is an icon of Oakland and it was the only fun part of the Raiders season. At the very least, Oakland fans deserved to see Lynch switch to beast mode on opposing defenses before their beloved Raiders left them behind for a new city. Now they will not even receive this consolation prize.

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Oakland seems likely to align one of The worst offensives and the worst defenses of the NFL for the rest of the season, allowing the team to choose their team. Add to that the choices the Raiders have received from Chicago and Dallas in the Mack and Cooper trades, and the Raiders will have three first-round selections. This is a setup that has worked well for teams in recent seasons, and if they want to get back to the top of the rankings, they will have to succeed. From here, however, things could be pretty ugly.