{"id":35164,"date":"2025-03-22T08:14:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T08:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=35164"},"modified":"2025-03-22T08:14:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T08:14:02","slug":"breaking-cowboys-get-more-disappointing-news-as-key-player-bolts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=35164","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Cowboys Get More Disappointing News as Key Player Bolts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"c-content entry-content\">\n<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\/03\/GettyImages-1672818994-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1672818994-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1672818994-1.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1672818994-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-img-load-time=\"969\" data-dom-ready-time=\"1409\" \/><\/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 Get More Disappointing News as Key Player Bolts<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0Dallas Cowboys\u00a0lost longtime backup quarterback\u00a0Cooper Rush\u00a0to the\u00a0Baltimore Ravens\u00a0earlier this week, with the\u00a0official announcement\u00a0dropping on Tuesday, March 18. While losing a backup quarterback might not seem like a big deal, Rush was an integral part of the Cowboys\u2019 chemistry, and losing him hurts.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Jerry Jones and the Cowboys are bracing to lose another longtime player, and this one was tight with star wide receiver\u00a0CeeDee Lamb.<\/p>\n<h2>Another Dallas Cowboys Player Sets Sail: Report<\/h2>\n<p>On Friday, March 21, NFL\u00a0insider and expert Mike Garafolo took to X\u00a0to report that Cowboys wide receiver\u00a0Brandin Cooks\u00a0is heading back to New Orleans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA reunion in New Orleans: 11-year veteran WR Brandin Cooks is headed back to the\u00a0<span class=\"r-18u37iz\">#Saints<\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">, sources tell The Insiders,\u201d he said. \u201cCooks returns to the franchise that drafted him in the\u00a0first round in 2014.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This one is rough, especially since Cooks had a great thing going with Lamb. But, the move isn\u2019t unexpected.<\/p>\n<p>As\u00a0<span class=\"c-byline__author-name\">RJ Ochoa<\/span>\u00a0from\u00a0Blogging the Boys explains\u00a0in a Friday, March 21 feature, Lamb has emerged \u201cas one of the NFL\u2019s best wide receivers,\u201d and he\u2019s gotten to this superstar status with \u201cCooks as the Robin to his Batman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile being one of the best wideouts in the league obviously says how good you are, every team needs a number of options to work in the passing game,\u201d Ochoa added. \u201cThe Cowboys traded for Cooks two years ago and he was a legitimate threat in 2023, but this past season was broken for the team in a number of ways.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued that it\u00a0\u201cfelt doubtful that he would return to Dallas and now we officially know that he won\u2019t. He is returning to somewhere, but it is to the New Orleans Saints, with new head coach Kellen Moore.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Back in New Orleans<\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s really full circle for Cooks, who, as previously mentioned, was first drafted by New Orleans in 2014. Since then, he has played with several NFL teams, his latest, of course, being the\u00a0Cowboys from 2023 to 2024. He had an exceptionally stellar season in 2023, appearing in 16 games and\u00a0snagging 54 receptions for 657 yards and eight touchdowns. For the 2024 season, Cooks appeared in 10 games and had 26 receptions for 259 yards with three scores.<\/p>\n<p>So, the Cowboys will have to figure out who can step it up and be a compliment to Lamb going forward. They drafted\u00a0Jonathan Mingo during the 2024 draft, so he\u2019s an option, but time will tell.<\/p>\n<p>Dallas also\u00a0signed veteran wide receiver Parris Campbell, who was most recently with the\u00a0Eagles, in free agency on Saturday, March 16.<\/p>\n<p>Campbell, 27, is a bona fide Super Bowl LIX championship, following his win with the Philadelphia Eagles. During the 2024 season, he appeared in\u00a0five games and caught six passes for 30 yards and a touchdown. He spent his first four years in the NFL with the\u00a0Indianapolis Colts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy joining the Cowboys, Campbell will play for his fourth team in the last four season and his third team from the NFC East, as he spent the 2023 season with the\u00a0New York Giants before heading to Philadelphia in 2024,\u201d the Dallas Cowboys stated in their announcement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty Cowboys Get More Disappointing News as Key Player Bolts The\u00a0Dallas Cowboys\u00a0lost longtime backup quarterback\u00a0Cooper Rush\u00a0to the\u00a0Baltimore Ravens\u00a0earlier this week, with the\u00a0official announcement\u00a0dropping on Tuesday, March 18&#8230;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35170,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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