{"id":18332,"date":"2025-01-11T03:15:58","date_gmt":"2025-01-11T03:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=18332"},"modified":"2025-01-11T03:15:58","modified_gmt":"2025-01-11T03:15:58","slug":"shocking-prediction-cowboys-set-to-reunite-with-100-million-star-they-dumped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=18332","title":{"rendered":"SHOCKING PREDICTION: Cowboys Set to REUNITE With $100 MILLION Star They DUMPED!.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2181392245-e1736522425653.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2181392245-e1736522425653.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2181392245-e1736522425653.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2181392245-e1736522425653.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Cowboys former WR Amari Cooper\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-img-load-time=\"332\" data-dom-ready-time=\"405\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-post-image-caption-text\">Cowboys former WR Amari Cooper<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It would be ideal, between now and, say, the end of March, if the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/dallas-cowboys\/\">Cowboys<\/a>\u00a0could arrange things such that their checklist of needs is handled from top to bottom. That would include a contract for\u00a0Micah Parsons, of course, a veteran offensive lineman to help a group that turned into a weak spot last year, beefing up the defensive line and adding a pass rusher.<\/p>\n<p>Another running back would be welcome, too. But among the most glaring needs is a true No. 2 wide receiver, someone who can take some pressure off star\u00a0CeeDee Lamb. And the guy who might make the most sense happens to be a player who was once a Cowboy.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, he was a Cowboys Pro Bowler whom the team agreed to pay a $100 million contract back in 2020:\u00a0Amari Cooper.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Cowboys Gave Out Big Contract, Then Sought Trade<\/h2>\n<p>Within two years, though, the Cowboys wearied of that commitment and dealt Cooper away to Cleveland for a fifth-sixth round pick swap and an additional sixth rounder, a trade that was widely panned at the time as a salary dump and a head-scratcher for the Cowboys, who instead brought in\u00a0Brandin Cooks\u00a0and overpaid Michael Gallup.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, Cooper was very good in the two years after the trade.\u00a0 He caught\u00a078 passes for 1,160 yards and nine touchdowns in 2022, and was even better in 2023: 72 catches for 1,250 yards and five touchdowns,\u00a0 playing 15 of 17 games. His numbers took a hit with the woebegone Browns last year, and he struggled to stay on the field.<\/p>\n<p>He had a solid, if unspectacular stretch in Buffalo after he was traded ahead of the NFL deadline, and the Bills are hopeful that he will be the No. 1-caliber guy they think he can be in the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>But after that, Cooper is a free agent.\u00a0And at Bleacher Report, well, they\u2019re thinking that is something the Cowboys should take note of, perhaps with Cooper making a return to Dallas to be paired with CeeDee Lamb.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Amari Cooper a Sensible Target<\/h2>\n<p>In looking at the upcoming free-agent class in the NFL\u2013which is thin\u2013B\/R has Cooper as the No. 11 target. Spotrac projects him to warrant a manageable\u00a0two-year, $28 million contract, something the Cowboys should be able to handle. In need of a complement to Lamb, bringing back Cooper might make eminent sense, and the Cowboys (along with the Patriots) are listed as Cooper\u2019s projected suitor.<\/p>\n<div class=\"intersectionObserverRefElement\">\n<p class=\"\">Writes B\/R: \u201cStatistically, Cooper wasn\u2019t very impressive this year. He finished the regular season with only 547 yards and four touchdowns on 44 receptions. Granted, he was saddled with horrific quarterback play in Cleveland and has been learning Buffalo\u2019s offense on the fly. \u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"intersectionObserverRefElement\">\n<p class=\"\">\u201cA return to Dallas could also make some sense. The Cowboys don\u2019t have a young signal-caller, but they need a legitimate No. 2 receiver opposite CeeDee Lamb.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty Cowboys former WR Amari Cooper It would be ideal, between now and, say, the end of March, if the\u00a0Cowboys\u00a0could arrange things such that their checklist of&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18333,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot-news","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>SHOCKING PREDICTION: Cowboys Set to REUNITE With $100 MILLION Star They DUMPED!.. - 24\/7 News America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=18332\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SHOCKING PREDICTION: Cowboys Set to REUNITE With $100 MILLION Star They DUMPED!.. - 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