What is the likely market for cooper? There is a Fair amount of WR FA that are pretty good, and lots of WR talent in the draft. He will not fetch anywhere close to that $20M. I don't think we should rule him out automatically.
Yeah, I wouldn't go all in on a huge contract. But if he will take a reasonable market level deal, it takes care of the #2 WR spot and allows a rookie some time to develop. Or, the rookie comes in great and beats out Cooper and we have great depth at WR. It's a win/win situation either way. And, it allows the team to use a draft pick they would have used on a second WR in the draft on a backup Tackle or an interior OL to compete with Ruiz.
I mean, it looks like a deep group of WRs in the draft, but no draft pick is ever a sure thing. Cooper is a sure thing.