Browns trade Amari Cooper to Buffalo, receive more than originally gave to Cowboys

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The Browns got more for trading Amari Cooper away than they did in acquiring him from the Dallas Cowboys.

In his feisty interview on Tuesday morning, Jerry Jones said a lot of different things when asked hard questions about the Dallas Cowboys.

One of the things that Jerry seemed to take exception with was the idea that the Cowboys had any serious avenues to explore in terms of adding to their roster at the moment. It is not a secret that the Cowboys are in need of help, and with the trade deadline getting closer and closer, many have wondered if they would explore things a bit.

Following the team’s most recent loss to the Detroit Lions, Dak Prescott harkened back to the 2018 season when the team fell to 3-4 and still wound up winning the division and a playoff game. A lot of that had to do with the team trading for Amari Cooper which, again, is why people have been wondering if we would see something along those lines.

Back to the interview though, Jerry challenged the radio hosts (who he threatened to have removed due to the line of questioning... seriously) about what possible things the Cowboys could do at this time. Never mind the fact that the New York Jets traded for Davante Adams on Tuesday or that the Buffalo Bills acquired Amari Cooper a few hours later. Wait... Amari?!

On Tuesday afternoon Buffalo traded for Cooper and because this is the only way that this could possibly go at this point, the Browns got more for Cooper than they gave to the Cowboys when they originally traded for him in 2022.

Full trade:#Browns get 2025 third- and 2026 seventh-round picks #Bills get Amari Cooper and a 2025 sixth-round pick https://t.co/FeCyyha3LM

— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) October 15, 2024

The Cowboys very infamously received a fifth-round pick (and a sixth-round pick swap) from Cleveland in exchange for Cooper. Simply put, it is one of the worst trades that the team has made in franchise history.

That the Browns were able to get more for him after he is an older and less accomplished (as far as this current moment) player speaks a lot to just how disastrous the trade really was.

It is worth mentioning that Cleveland restructured Cooper’s contract months ago, likely to potentially make this possible, which certainly helps. But as we always say, those are mechanisms the Dallas Cowboys themselves could look to employ and choose not to.

Tuesday has been quite the day for Jerry Jones, to say the least.