HarryLime Posted 5 hours ago Posted 5 hours ago Have to be careful here, don't want to end up with too many Cook(s). 1 Quote
Warriorspikes51 Posted 5 hours ago Posted 5 hours ago 18 minutes ago, 2003Contenders said: Maybe not released, but I wonder if Coleman is going back in the lineup and Moore has been told he will be inactive again? certainly possible Shakir Palmer Cooks ? Shavers Davis Coleman Quote
TheBrownBear Posted 4 hours ago Posted 4 hours ago 32 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said: Moore seems to just play really small. Don’t love his game. Him, Samuel, the KJ Hamster guy, Ike McKenzie, they are all basically the same guy. Quote
Chicken Boo Posted 4 hours ago Posted 4 hours ago On 11/22/2025 at 8:24 PM, EmotionallyUnstable said: This dude has had just an insanely bizarre career. 11 year vet, former 1st round pick, traded 4 times, made over 150+ million in career earnings, and just shy of 10k career receiving yards. Up until recently, Cooks had been productive everywhere he had been. Bizarre career indeed. Quote
Low Positive Posted 4 hours ago Posted 4 hours ago 1 minute ago, Chicken Boo said: Up until recently, Cooks had been productive everywhere he had been. Bizarre career indeed. His career path indicates "PITA in the locker room." How else do you explain the Pats trading a first for him, him producing there, and then the Pats turning right around and trading him for a 4th? Not to mention that he was a first-rounder who was traded by his drafting team before his fourth year after producing back-to-back 1,000+ yard seasons. Quote
Chicken Boo Posted 4 hours ago Posted 4 hours ago 18 minutes ago, Low Positive said: His career path indicates "PITA in the locker room." How else do you explain the Pats trading a first for him, him producing there, and then the Pats turning right around and trading him for a 4th? Not to mention that he was a first-rounder who was traded by his drafting team before his fourth year after producing back-to-back 1,000+ yard seasons. Which is also strange because you'd think by this time something negative would have surfaced. Haven't heard a peep in 11 seasons. 1 Quote
NoSaint Posted 4 hours ago Posted 4 hours ago 23 minutes ago, Low Positive said: His career path indicates "PITA in the locker room." How else do you explain the Pats trading a first for him, him producing there, and then the Pats turning right around and trading him for a 4th? Not to mention that he was a first-rounder who was traded by his drafting team before his fourth year after producing back-to-back 1,000+ yard seasons. At the start I chalked some of the behind the scenes rumors to Michael Thomas being terrible to work with - as cooks had no such reputation it’s still wild that we haven’t heard more stories/off hand comments from reporters or past teammates though. Quote
Low Positive Posted 3 hours ago Posted 3 hours ago 14 minutes ago, Lionel Hutz said: Cooks is a year older than Amari Cooper. Cooper is not old. He just quit. 1 Quote
dave mcbride Posted 2 hours ago Posted 2 hours ago 1 hour ago, NoSaint said: At the start I chalked some of the behind the scenes rumors to Michael Thomas being terrible to work with - as cooks had no such reputation it’s still wild that we haven’t heard more stories/off hand comments from reporters or past teammates though. It might be less complicated than we think. The Saints traded him for a first to a Super Bowl window team in need of a separator, and he had a great season for NE. Then NE traded him and a 4th for a first rounder from the Rams, which they used to select Isaiah Wynn (at a point where they needed o-line help). He had a great season in 2018, but in 2019 suffered two concussions, missed time, and the Rams didn't make the playoffs. They did a bit a of a rebuild and shipped him and a fourth to Houston for a 2nd round pick, which they used on Van Jefferson (a younger, cheaper WR). Houston was the third team in four years that he was traded to that was in a SB window. Houston was very good in 2019, beating the Bills in the playoffs and building a big lead vs KC before collapsing. They were after Cooks because they had to replace D'Andre Hopkins, whom Bill O'Brien had a beef with. Cooks was very good for the Texans, and actually signed a two-year extension worth nearly $40 million in 2022. Then, a very bad Houston team traded him AGAIN for two picks (a 5th and 6th) because at the time they were in a massive pick acquisition phase (they had an extremely small number of picks in 2020 and 2021; Davis Mills was their top pick in 2021 and he was a 3rd rounder). The team that traded for him -- the Cowboys -- was yet ANOTHER team in a SB window, coming off a 12-5 season. They went 12-5 again with Cooks, who was solid for them (50+ catches; 8 TDs). The point is, in every instance the trade made sense. All the teams were willing to give up real resources for him. The Cowboys gave up the least, but then again they had to take on his salary and they still gave up a 5th and 6th -- not chump change. All of the 5th and 6th rounders the Texans took in 2023 are still on the team, and To'oTo'o made some plays vs the Bills on Thursday: His career is very weird, but at every point the move made sense for the two parties involved, and not because he was a problem in his prior location. 2 Quote
NoSaint Posted 2 hours ago Posted 2 hours ago 2 minutes ago, dave mcbride said: It might be less complicated than we think. The Saints traded him for a first to a Super Bowl window team in need of a separator, and he had a great season for NE. Then NE traded him and a 4th for a first rounder from the Rams, which they used to select Isaiah Wynn (at a point where they needed o-line help). He had a great season in 2018, but in 2019 suffered two concussions, missed time, and the Rams didn't make the playoffs. They did a bit a of a rebuild and shipped him and a fourth to Houston for a 2nd round pick, which they used on Van Jefferson (a younger, cheaper WR). Houston was the third team in four years that he was traded to that was in a SB window. Houston was very good in 2019, beating the Bills in the playoffs and building a big lead vs KC before collapsing. They were after Cooks because they had to replace D'Andre Hopkins, whom Bill O'Brien had a beef with. Cooks was very good for the Texans, and actually signed a two-year extension worth nearly $40 million in 2022. Then, a very bad Houston team traded him AGAIN for two picks (a 5th and 6th) because at the time they were in a massive pick acquisition phase (they had an extremely small number of picks in 2020 and 2021; Davis Mills was their top pick in 2021 and he was a 3rd rounder). The team that traded for him -- the Cowboys -- was yet ANOTHER team in a SB window, coming off a 12-5 season. They went 12-5 again with Cooks, who was solid for them (50+ catches; 8 TDs). The point is, in every instance the trade made sense. All the teams were willing to give up real resources for him. The Cowboys gave up the least, but then again they had to take on his salary and they still gave up a 5th and 6th -- not chump change. All of the 5th and 6th rounders the Texans took in 2023 are still on the team, and To'oTo'o made some plays vs the Bills on Thursday: His career is very weird, but at every point the move made sense for the two parties involved, and not because he was a problem in his prior location. yea, I’ve contemplated that before. Just feels like after some number of them, it’s got to be more than coincidence. there are a lot of very good but not great WRs out there, and no one really moving quiet like him and those even remotely close have drama usually I suspect someday it’ll make more sense but if there is stress that follows him, good on him for handling those issues behind closed doors and not on social media Quote
Buffalo716 Posted 23 minutes ago Posted 23 minutes ago (edited) 4 hours ago, Low Positive said: His career path indicates "PITA in the locker room." How else do you explain the Pats trading a first for him, him producing there, and then the Pats turning right around and trading him for a 4th? Not to mention that he was a first-rounder who was traded by his drafting team before his fourth year after producing back-to-back 1,000+ yard seasons. No it indicates he was getting paid too much for his skill set back in the day but he was always good enough to want on your team Once there , nobody wanted to pay him the high value contract that he wanted Bill belichick was willing to trade a first round pick to bring in a receiver but he was not willing to re sign him.. but he would take something on the way out It's a salary cap League.. he's not Randy Moss.. and he's not Zay Jones That put you in a tough contract spot Edited 22 minutes ago by Buffalo716 Quote
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