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Hyde5: How Do Pats Get 23rd Overall For Cooks When Dolphins Got 4th Rounder For Landry?

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He’s Bill Belichick.
And you’re not.
That seems to be the message in the surprise trade of Brandin Cooks to the Rams (and a fourth-round pick) for the 23rd pick overall (and a sixth-round pick).
Quick reaction: This is good news for the Dolphins. No Cooks takes away a big weapon for Tom Brady, the speed of the Patriots offense and so makes it easier (for now) to play them.
Forward-thinking reaction: Is Belichick in for a quarterback this draft? Maybe. But I’d doubt he can get that high. He now has two low-end first-rounds (23, 31) and two second-round picks to move up, if wanted. Plus, Tom Brady would be p-i-s-s-e-d. Imagine getting rid of Cooks, Danny Amendola and left tackle Nate Solder while adding his future successor? The Patriots have holes they need to fill if they’re winning big next year.
Value reaction: Belichick traded Cooks and his $8.45 million salary this year while the Dolphins traded Jarvis Landry and his $16 million franchise tag for a fourth-round pick.
Sure, that $7.55 million difference in salaries is a difference. But it’s really a couple of million less considering the franchise tag. Plus, the idea is both players need a big, new contract with their new teams.
Yes, Landry and Cooks are different receivers. Landry is a chain-mover, not a dynamic game-changer. He is a three-time Pro Bowl selection, though. Cooks has the speed to change games (65 catches, 1,082 yards, seven touchdowns in 2017).
Bottom line: The talents of Landry and Cooks are much closer than the trade value received for them. The simple answer why is Belichick found the right trade partner in the Rams, who are shuffling their roster (Ndaumkong Suh, Aqib Talib and Cooks are in; Sammy Watkins and Robert Quinn are out.)
Belichick is Belichick. He surprises you at every turn. A year ago, he traded his 32nd overall pick and a third-rounder to New Orleans for Cooks. So he essentially traded that for a 23rd overall pick and a good year of Cooks’ talent.
The Patriots weren’t going to pay Cooks a big contract. That’s not their way. So he got out a year early and got something in return. The question now is what they do with their draft picks.
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http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/dave-hyde-blog/fl-sp-hyde5-cooks-landry-20180404-story.html
 
rent this space said:
They gave the Saints a 1st round pick for him 13 months ago, now they ship him plus a 4th round pick to the Rams but BB is soooo smart...
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They gave the 32nd pick in the first round last year get the 23rd pick in the first round this year plus they give a 4th round pick to the Rams and recieve the Rams 6th round pick this year. Last year Cooks played on his original contract but the Rams are on the hook to resign him for more money. They got Cooks services on the cheap last year when they had a void at reciever. Yea Bill comes out ahead in this deal.
 
J. David Wannyheimer said:
Because everyone knew about Landry's baggage and everyone knew the Dolphins wanted to move on from him.

That simple.
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Funny how all our former starters last year some former all pro bowl players Ajayi, Laundry, Suh, Pouncey, Parker, Thomas that we cut this year are all suddenly expendable because of their bad additudes, to expensive or injury concerns. The only thing these guys have in common is that they play for the phins under a coach named Gase and a GM named Tbum. Wonder what the real issue is.
 
phintim said:
They gave the 32nd pick in the first round last year get the 23rd pick in the first round this year plus they give a 4th round pick to the Rams and recieve the Rams 6th round pick this year. Last year Cooks played on his original contract but the Rams are on the hook to resign him for more money. They got Cooks services on the cheap last year when they had a void at reciever. Yea Bill comes out ahead in this deal.
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Sounds like a push at best and really looks like an admission of failure in acquiring him in the first place, but go ahead a praise him- seems like the thing to do
 
Meh, i value Cooks as a second round pick and Landry as a third. I think getting Stills for a 3rd rounder is a better deal than da both of em. I also like Quinn for a 4th better than either deal. We get blasted for bad deals and ignored for the good. This weather has me in a foul mood.
 
Teams tend to overpay for anything that comes out of New England.
 
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