On Monday, the Dallas Cowboys were able to get back one of their star wideouts Amari Cooper, after the receiver also turned down a huge deal from the Washington Redskins.
The Redskins attempted to try to steal from the NFC East rival during free agency. According to the Dallas Morning News, the Redskins put up more money than the Cowboys in talks. The offer from the Redskins would have put Cooper in competition with the Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones for the highest-paid wideout in the NFL. Despite their efforts, Cooper stayed with the Cowboys for a five-year $100 million deal with $60 million guaranteed. This massive signing by Dallas allows them to keep the four-time Pro Bowl receiver until 2024. Cooper is also the second-highest-paid receiver in the NFL.
The team avoids having used a first-round pick on what would’ve amounted to a 1.5-year rental. The 25-year-old was acquired in October 2018 via trade with the Oakland/Las Vegas Raiders in exchange for the 2019 first-round pick and jump-started a seemingly dead Cowboys offense in the process. Despite a list of injuries during his follow-up season, he was still able to produce a career-best season that saw him have 1,189 yards and eight touchdowns.
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With Cooper on the field, it’s been statistically shown that the Cowboys are significantly better and that he also raises the game of Dallas quarterback Dak Prescott. Dallas needed Cooper. Prescott — who the team retained via the exclusive franchise tag — levels up with the dynamic wideout on his team. His passer rating with Cooper in the lineup is 101.4. Without him, it’s 94.2.
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