N/S Brandin Cooks traded to Rams (1 Viewer)

[zknotts61]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Rams receive:<br>WR Brandin Cooks<br>4th-round pick<br><br>Patriots receive:<br>1st-round pick<br>6th-round pick</p>&mdash; Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/981287880273350656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 3, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Patriots and Rams have discussed a potential Brandin Cooks trade for over a month, before Rams and Giants discussed a potential Odell Beckham Jr. trade. Rams liked this situation better.</p>&mdash; Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/981288231605080064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 3, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[insidejob]

Who on here is surprised that the Pats didn't want to pay the one trick pony either?

I'm surprised they got all they did for him though. The Rams are winning FA but that never seems to translate to winning the coming season. We shall see. I'd love to play them with a full squad.

 

[Saint Spud]

So basically exactly what we traded him for, minus one more year of play.

 

[BigEasyWhoDats]

Whoa. I get the whole "one trick pony" thing. But lets not pretend that Brandin doesn't have value. The Rams are stacked and definately scary.

 

[Alaina]

He's getting passed around like a poorly rolled blunt, ain't that right OBJ?

 

[Saint_Ward]

Rams look to be tough again.

 

[Lafsaintsfan]

Who on here is surprised that the Pats didn't want to pay the one trick pony either?

I'm surprised they got all they did for him though. The Rams are winning FA but that never seems to translate to winning the coming season. We shall see. I'd love to play them with a full squad.

Not this guy. Worked out fairly well for the patriots though; considering they got a year of play out of him and recouped what they gave up.

 

[insidejob]

Whoa. I get the whole "one trick pony" thing. But lets not pretend that Brandin doesn't have value. The Rams are stacked and definately scary.

Of course he has value. He just isn't what he was drafted to be. He's basically Devery Henderson though.

 

[BoNcHiE]

Who on here is surprised that the Pats didn't want to pay the one trick pony either?

I'm surprised they got all they did for him though. The Rams are winning FA but that never seems to translate to winning the coming season. We shall see. I'd love to play them with a full squad.

The Rams have been going hard after a WR for a while. The Patriots weren't actively looking to trade Cooks from what I gather.

The Rams approached the Giants and approached the Patriots. A 1st and a 6th was just too good to pass up. Had he not been traded, the Patriots may well of paid him.

The fact that he got that kind of compensation again shows he's still seen as valuable.

 

[SaintsFan742]

Dang. Didn't realize the Jenkins hit had that much impact at the time.

 

[insidejob]

Not this guy. Worked out fairly well for the patriots though; considering they got a year of play out of him and recouped what they gave up.

Yup. This is exactly what a lot of us said was going to happen.

 

[KCWhoDat]

Wow, Cooks can&#8217;t seem to stick. One trick pony....you are right. Cooks is worth 3 1st round picks ? Lol, unbelievable.

 

[Saints 318]

Rams look to be tough again.

on paper but lets see how they do on the field.

 

[DABOOT162]

This is very interesting... I would love to know why he was traded. Obviously there is something going on for him to be traded in two consecutive years. “Great” receivers dont just get passed around like this

 

[BoNcHiE]

Of course he has value. He just isn't what he was drafted to be. He's basically Devery Henderson though.

Come on man.

Devery Henderson had a career high of 800 yards and averaged more like 400 yards a year over his career. He never had the intermediate catch numbers that Cooks had either. Cooks has had 3 straight 1000 yard seasons.

He's not Devery Henderson.

This is very interesting... I would love to know why he was traded. Obviously there is something going on for him to be traded in two consecutive years. Great receivers dont just get passed around like this

Because the Rams wanted a WR and were asking several different teams to trade one to them.

The Patriots get a 1st rounder and don't have to pay him.