Amari Cooper Trade: What did the cowboys give up?

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The Cowboys traded a first-round pick against Amari Cooper.

The Dallas Cowboys did a lot of excitement by exchanging for Amari Cooper before they left. The Cowboys have abandoned their choice of the first round of 2019 for Cooper.

Although some criticisms were made about Cowboys giving up too much, Dallas justified his decision by considering Cooper a first-round pick. Cooper was the No. 4 pick in the 2015 NFL Draft. Cowboys' owner, Jerry Jones, admitted that the team would likely use his first round pick on a wide receiver in 2019, so the team did not feel bad about the craft.

"Make no mistake, that's where all the consternation was about this change, this first-round pick," Star-Telegram said. "We really thought that if we had the opportunity to choose a receiver if an exceptional receiver was there, that would be the choice [in the first-round of 2019 NFL Draft]. His youth had everything to do with it. And then the player caliber that he was. We knew we had here the opportunity to find a proven player, and to involve real young people so that we could look at the situation in the long run. We would not give this recovery in the first round if it was not for the long term. And the other thing we can do is intervene here and have immediate value for him for this year. I'm excited."

The Raiders have decided to leave Cooper, who will start the last year of his contract next season. This leaves the Cowboys a big decision to make the next offseason, as ESPN says.

The problem with these calculations, of course, is that the Cowboys must also know what to do with Cooper. They are only paying $ 411,765 this season, but Cooper's option for the fifth year is $ 13.9 million in 2019. Even that represents a discount in a market in which Sammy Watkins receives $ 16 million a year free, do the Cowboys really want to pay Cooper something north of $ 20 million per season to stop him from hitting a free goal in 2020?

Other teams were ready to trade a first-round pick against Amari Cooper

David Moore of Dallas News said the Cowboys were not the only team willing to trade a first-round pick, and that the Titans were part of the teams interested in Cooper.

Sources said the Titans were willing to respect the price the Raiders demanded for a first round pick for Cooper, but wanted to reverse draft positions with Oakland on the second day of the draft to ease the shock. The Cowboys were willing to trade a first-round pick without any other conditions and acquired the receiver on October 22, a few hours after a tough defeat by Washington, division leader.

The Cowboys do not plan to put Cooper into action. All signs suggest that Cooper jumps into the water as a wide catcher. Although Cooper did not have the best season, Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett said his age, combined with past production, drove Dallas to close the deal.

"Well, obviously, it's a big decision," Garrett told Star-Telegram. "We talked a lot about it at all levels of our organization. I think we did a good job in selecting the guys in the first round and they are essential players on our team. And we really believe that Amari can be that kind of guy. He is 24 again. He has a lot of ability to play his role. We think he's the right guy. We think that he has a promising future. The value for a player like this at his age is really what it costs you. It costs you a first round choice.

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