Yeah, you'd want to have an agreement in principle to rework his contract before you made the deal, and that's messy mid-year. I don't think he'd cost a 3, though. The Texans would be forgoing the trade value to rent him, too - they traded roughly a third to get him, and he's a year older and needs to be resigned now, whereas they could control him for 3 years when they acquired him. I'd say something along the lines of Cooks + a 6th for a 4th, maybe a 4th and 7th.
Yeah. I thought the 3 was high too. I do think it will cost a lot to resign him though. He is 28 and is having a good year on the Texans and they have nothing at the QB spot. I just don't see Bill spending on another WR given what he just paid Bourne and Agahlor.
Cooks is one of those guys that surprises you with the production consistency, but when you watch him play, the production and consistency doesn't match the eye test. He's like a smaller Mike Evans. I don't think I can think of a more overrated WR. Good, but not as good as the numbers show.I also am a fan of Cooks. He is probably the most underrated receiver in the league considering he's a guaranteed 1000 yard a season type of player yet there's no hype around him. That said, unless Pats think this was the missing piece to go on a run, there are more pressing needs to address (like a CB or a cover LB).
Unless it's N'Keal Harry for Cooks and like a 5th rounder, then I'm all in.
It's not going to happen. BB is not going to pay Cooks 12 million next year. No way. That ship has sailed.
I wore my Cooks jersey for the Jets game. Ima look like a predictionist mofo if he comes back.
Read the board about Stephon Gilmore that same year. They were wrong about that too.
Read the board about Stephon Gilmore that same year. They were wrong about that too.
Honestly, Cooks should have had more catches, but Brady struggled hitting him deep consistently, and Josh McDaniels spent too much time pretending he was Percy Harvin.
He was a mental case the first time...yup.He...already traded for him once....
I was under the impression Cooks hated it here.
Not at all. He was due to get paid and Bill passed.He...already traded for him once....
I was under the impression Cooks hated it here.
Yeah, and he saw it coming, got a #1 back on trade, then watched as Cooks demanded and got $80/5, which he never would have gotten here. And for good reason.
Thats debatable. He and Brady had an instant connection. He would have been worth the big contact with Brady and now Mac. He was only 24 at the time but Bill is allergic to paying big money for a WR1 other than Moss.
BS
Another lie.
From Ian Rapport on 4/4/18 right after Cooks was traded to the Rams:"...the Patriots did not see him (Cooks) as a true #1 for them...and from what I understand, Tom Brady is not sad about this move. Despite his numbers, Cooks wasn't a great fit.". Rapport further, "The real issue with Cooks was his inability to form a reliable connection with Brady." Instant connection? You're a lying joke.
Lol. Rapport, really?
