Apparently, three years is when Amari Cooper’s expiration date comes up. The former Raider’s first-round pick was traded to the Cowboys six games into his fourth season for a first-round pick.
A season later, he got a huge five-year, $100 million contract. Two years into that contract, the Cowboys are already looking to dump him. According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, they are looking to trade Cooper and if no one makes an offer, they’ll cut the four-time Pro Bowler.
At the time of the trade, everyone seemed to need to decide a winner and a loser. My take was it was a win-win. Cooper was clearly not happy with the Raiders and was coming off a season in which his targets had dropped to nearly half what they had been. Not to mention he was approaching decision-making time with regard to his contract. To get a first-round pick back for him was a win for the Raiders.
