Cowboys acquire receiver Cooks
The Houston Texans traded wide receiver Brandin Cooks to the Dallas Cowboys for draft picks on Sunday.
The Texans will receive a fifth-round pick in this year’s draft and a sixthround selection in 2024. The Texans also are expected to pay $6 million of Cooks’ $18 million guaranteed contract to facilitate the trade, multiple media outlets reported.
“I wanted to go to Dallas. I wanted to be a part of something that’s already special,” Cooks said, per KPRC2 in Houston.
The Texans also resigned Laremy Tunsil to a three-year, $75 million deal that once again makes him the highestpaid left tackle in NFL history, according to NFL Network.
Tunsil, 28, who represented himself, secured a contract that includes a $30 million signing bonus, $50 million fully guaranteed and $60 million in total guarantees, per the report.
Tunsil earned his third Pro Bowl selection in 2022 and started all 17 games. He has 94 starts in seven seasons with Houston and the Miami Dolphins (2016-18), who drafted him 13th overall in 2016.
Cooks was traded for the fourth time in his career, tying Pro Football Hall of Famer Eric Dickerson for the all-time record in the NFL.
Cooks, 29, caught 57 passes for 699 yards and three touchdowns in 13 starts with the Texans in 2022.
A six-time 1,000-yard receiver, Cooks has 630 career receptions for 8,616 yards and 49 touchdowns in 132 games (120 starts) with the New Orleans Saints (2014-16), New England Patriots (2017), Los Angeles Rams (201819) and Texans. The
Saints drafted him with the 20th pick in 2014.
Cooks replaces Noah Brown in Dallas. Brown, who agreed to a one-year deal with the Texans earlier this week, had 43 catches for 555 yards and three touchdowns in 16 games (13 starts) in 2022.
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Steelers: Pittsburgh
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reached a three-year deal with former Philadelphia Eagles guard Isaac Seumalo, according to multiple reports. Seumalo, 29, moved from left to right guard last season and started all 20 games, including the playoffs, for the NFC champions. He appeared in 81 games (60 starts) over seven seasons with the Eagles, but had missed 14 games in 2021 and seven contests in
2020 due to injuries.
Giants: Free agent
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wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. has reached out to a familiar face in order to potentially facilitate a return to New York. Beckham and Giants running back Saquon Barkley had an exchange on social media that indicated the former would like the latter to speak to general manager Joe Schoen on his behalf. “Tell Joe call my agent,” Beckham wrote on Twitter, punctuating it with a laughing emoji. “I got some more (stuff) left to do.”
Buccaneers: Former
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Rams defensive lineman
Greg Gaines signed a deal with Tampa Bay, according to reports. In his time with Los Angeles. Gaines amassed 122 tackles, 10.5 sacks, 11 tackles for loss and 24 quarterback hits in 59 games and 25 starts.