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The Dallas Cowboys are going to be without a familiar face on the field Sunday night against the Buccaneers. Veteran receiver Amari Cooper will be suiting up for the Cleveland Browns Sunday, as a cap-saving measure by a Cowboys team that desperately needed to clear cap space.Dallas was already
Carter Hart Kids Jersey saddled with the exorbitant contract of Ezekiel Elliott, but wide receiver was deep enough to take the talent hit for the Cowboys. CeeDee Lamb and Michael Gallup (when the latter gets healthy) can shoulder the targets for the Cowboys. But Cooper's presence will be mi sed.Cooper, of course, joins a Cleveland team with lofty hopes heading into the 2022 season, even with Deshaun Watson suspended 11 games. He's become a veteran presence in the Cleveland locker room, and is joined by Donovan Peoples-Jones as the primary targets for Jacoby Bri sett.Dak Prescott is no stranger to the Cowboys he'll be throwing the ball to this year, which will undoubtedly benefit the
Matt Niskanen Jersey Cowboys. Lamb, for his part, is a free agent after the 2024 season.MORE: In two words: Cap casualty. Cooper signed a five-year, $100 million contract with the Cowboys in 2020 that the team didn't feel comfortable keeping on the books.Trading Cooper incurred a cap hit of $6 million for the Cowboys, whereas keeping him would have brought a $22 million hit. The Cowboys were already at the mercy of a few big contracts, such as Elliott ($18.22 million in 2022), DeMarcus Lawrence ($14 million), Zack Martin ($12 million), and Dalton Schultz ($10.9 million).Cutting Cooper loose saved the Cowboys money while also not hurting them as much positionally as trying to move on
Nolan Patrick Women Jersey from one of those other players.While the lo s is significant -- Cooper had over 1,000 receiving yards in his first two seasons with the Cowboys and
Jori Lehtera Jersey could have hit that mark had he not mi sed two games in 2021 with COVID-19 -- Lamb and Gallup can realistically pick up the slack. In return for , the Cowboys received a fifth-round pick and a sixth-round swap in 2022.With those picks, the Cowboys drafted OTMatt Waletzko and LB Devin Harper.MORE: At wide receiver, the Cowboys still have quite a bit of talent.Lamb leads the depth chart, and when Gallup is healthy, his ceiling is No. 1 for a lot of teams. Underneath them it thins out quite a bit, with rookie Jalen Tolbert starting in the slot.Here's a look at the depth chart with their career totals.PlayerYRRECsYDsTDsCeeDee Lamb31532,03711Michael Gallup51932,90215Jalen TolbertR000Noah Brown5394250Dennis HoustonR000There's no denying the drop-off has the potential to be steep, but with the succe s of rookie receivers in recent years, perhaps Tolbert or Houston will find early succe s.Cooper's time in Cleveland will undoubtedly be interesting to watch as he finds his way. For a receiver as talented as Cooper to be traded twice take a very specific set of circumstances.
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