Texans Receiver Brandin Cooks is acquired by the Cowboys in a trade.

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19 Mar, 2023

Dallas, Texas The Dallas Cowboys acquired Houston Texans wide receiver Brandin Cooks on Sunday in exchange for a fifth-round pick in 2023 and a sixth-round pick in 2024.

The team wanted to add speed and a complement to Pro Bowler CeeDee Lamb.

According to a team source who spoke to ESPN's Ed Werder, the deal for Cooks certainly eliminates the Cowboys from the race to sign free-agent wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr.

Cooks and OBJ are challenging, the insider said.

Before the trade deadline in 2017, talks between the Cowboys and Texans centered on a move for Cooks, but they were unable to reach an agreement.

Cooks will have a guaranteed $18 million salary in 2023. According to sources who spoke with ESPN, Cooks adjusted his contract on Saturday such that Houston will cover $6 million of his salary this season and Dallas will cover the remaining $12 million. He has a deal with the company until 2024.

"I feel incredibly blessed and can't wait to go make the star feel special! I'm grateful to the Jones family for providing my family and me with this chance "Cooks texted ESPN's DJ Bien-Aime with the following statement.

The Cowboys added veteran James Washington in free agency and Jalen Tolbert in the third round as replacements for Amari Cooper, who was sold to the Cleveland Browns last year in exchange for a fifth-round pick.

Washington played in just two games without recording a catch before being released due to a fractured foot he sustained during training camp. Only two passes were caught by Tolbert as a rookie.

With Michael Gallup coming back from a ruptured ACL in his left knee, executive vice president Stephen Jones said it was "probably fair" to blame the Cowboys for not doing enough to replace Cooper.

Cooks 29, has expressed openly his dissatisfaction with Houston and stated that he did not want to be a part of a rebuild.

In 13 games last year for the Texans, he caught 57 catches for 699 yards and three touchdowns.

He has 630 receptions for 8,616 yards and 49 touchdowns throughout his career with the Texans, Los Angeles Rams, New England Patriots, and New Orleans Saints.

In his career, he has been traded four times in total.

The Cooks transaction is the second huge trade the Cowboys have made in the past week.

In exchange for a fifth-round pick, Dallas also acquired CB Stephon Gilmore from the Indianapolis Colts (No. 176 overall).

The Cowboys avoided making significant free agent signings and instead developed their roster through the draught.

Each round now includes one pick for them. After the announcement of compensatory selections, they possessed three fifth-round picks, but have since dealt two of them.

Sources claim that the Texans and LT Laremy Tunsil have reached a $75 million contract agreement.

After signing a three-year, $75 million agreement, Houston Texans left tackle Laremy Tunsil is now the highest-paid offensive lineman in the League, sources informed ESPN on Sunday.

According to insiders, the agreement includes a $30 million signing bonus with $60 million in total guarantees and $50 million fully guaranteed.

Tunsil stated to ESPN in December that he wanted to "reset the market" and earn the most money possible as an offensive lineman. The seven-year veteran now surpasses left tackle Trent Williams of the San Francisco 49ers, who has earned $23.01 million each season since 2021 as a result of his six-year, $138.06 million agreement, which includes $55.1 million fully guaranteed.

Tunsil is now the highest-paid offensive lineman after receiving a contract extension for the second time.

He agreed to a three-year, $66 million contract with the Texans in 2020.

The most recent contract extension follows a season in which Tunsil, 28, was selected for his third Pro Bowl and placed third among left tackles in the vote for the All-Pro team, trailing only Andrew Thomas and Williams of the New York Giants.

At the center of an offensive line that allowed 38 sacks, the 14th fewest in the league, Tunsil's performance last season was among the finest in the NFL.

With only one sack (tied for second fewest among offensive tackles) and 17 pressures allowed, his pass block win rate (91.9%) was the lowest among offensive tackles (sixth fewest).

It made sense for the Texans to extend Tunsil to cover the blind side of any prospective rookie quarterback with the No. 2 overall choice in April's draught.

The wide receiver Brandin Cooks was traded by the Houston Texans to the Dallas Cowboys for two draught picks on the same day as the contract, according to sources who spoke to ESPN's Jeremy Fowler.

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