A year after acquiring him from the Saints, the Patriots shipped wide receiver Brandin Cooks and a fourth-round pick to the Rams in exchange for first- and sixth-round picks.
The Patriots never viewed Cooks as a true No. 1 wide receiver, per Rapoport (Twitter link), and quarterback Tom Brady is ?not sad? about the trade. While Cooks topped 1,000 yards receiving in his lone New England campaign, he wasn?t a perfect fit for the Patriots? offense, says Rapoport. Theoretically, New England could shift back to a more horizontal offense based around incumbent receivers Julian Edelman and Chris Hogan now that Cooks is no longer in town.
Although the Rams have now eschewed a hypothetical Beckham trade in favor of acquiring Cooks, the ?frenzy? surrounding the mercurial Giants receiver doesn?t figure to subside, as Ralph Vacchiano of SNY writes. Still, a Beckham deal remains ?highly unlikely,? as Los Angeles? payment for Cooks doesn?t come anywhere close to what New York would want in exchange for Beckham.
The Patriots never viewed Cooks as a true No. 1 wide receiver, per Rapoport (Twitter link), and quarterback Tom Brady is ?not sad? about the trade. While Cooks topped 1,000 yards receiving in his lone New England campaign, he wasn?t a perfect fit for the Patriots? offense, says Rapoport. Theoretically, New England could shift back to a more horizontal offense based around incumbent receivers Julian Edelman and Chris Hogan now that Cooks is no longer in town.
Although the Rams have now eschewed a hypothetical Beckham trade in favor of acquiring Cooks, the ?frenzy? surrounding the mercurial Giants receiver doesn?t figure to subside, as Ralph Vacchiano of SNY writes. Still, a Beckham deal remains ?highly unlikely,? as Los Angeles? payment for Cooks doesn?t come anywhere close to what New York would want in exchange for Beckham.
