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Texans acquire Brandin Cooks

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Texans acquired WR Brandin Cooks and a 2022 fourth-round pick from the Rams in exchange for the No. 57 overall pick of the 2020 draft. 

It's the Texans' pick, though they still have the No. 40 overall selection they received in the DeAndre Hopkins trade. Cooks, of course, will immediately slide in as Hopkins' replacement. Cooks is a downgrade from a talent, versatility and contract aspect, but he will be a solid No. 2 wideout. Cooks, who has suffered some concerning injuries in recent years but not missed much time, is coming off by far the worst campaign of his career. Amazingly, he is still only 27 (in September). The difference between Cooks and Kenny Stills probably isn't as great as many might assume, but Will Fuller's injury history made it prudent for the Texans to fortify their receiver corps. Nevertheless, the Texans essentially traded Hopkins for Cooks and David Johnson, a trade that would not go through on Madden. 

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1 minute ago, Toomers said:

  Does Brandon Cooks have an expiration date on him or something? 

He is channeling Sam Bradford, insane that both kept getting traded for and the price remained high. Peel back the layers are either was "good/great", just slightly above average at times and in GREAT systems that pump out numbers.   

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