Payton and Belichick are looking like geniuses for getting rid of Brandin Cooks

I like the results of the trade for us - Ramczyk and Cook's salary dump. But some of the Cook's criticism is unwarranted. Cooks was a disappointment in the open field, an area we though he'd excel at and never filled the #1 receiver role adequately. What he has been good at is straight line speed, vertical leap and good hands. That's exactly what he's displayed with the Saints, N.E. and LA Rams. Again, I like where we netted out, but Cooks has been pretty good his whole NFL career.