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Browns talk trade with Texans again, this time with Brandin Cooks as target
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Deshaun Watson is probably not sufficient. The Cleveland Browns might want the star quarterback’s former teammate with the Houston Texans, too.
That may be none apart from broad receiver Brandin Cooks, in response to Brad Stainbrook of 247Sports’ Orange And Brown Report.
Apparently, the Browns and Texans have held a number of extra rounds of commerce talks because the Watson deal, with these talks involving the Browns’ curiosity in Cooks, per Stainbrook.
Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson (4) celebrates a landing throughout the staff’s NFL soccer recreation towards the Indianapolis Colts on Dec. 20, 2020, in Indianapolis.
(AP Photograph/Zach Bolinger, File)
One factor we do know is with Watson taking snaps, loads of receivers are keen to return to Cleveland. By all accounts, Watson and Cooks obtained alongside effectively with the Texans.
However once more, Cooks received’t be the one receiver the Browns pursue between now and the beginning of camp in late July.
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Cooks is a former first-round choose who has been form of a journeyman, a kind of receivers who’s simply adequate to be intriguing — however not adequate to maintain if yow will discover the suitable commerce package deal.
Houston Texans broad receiver Brandin Cooks (13) runs previous Jacksonville Jaguars cornerback Shaquill Griffin (26) for a landing after a 22-yard reception throughout the first half of an NFL soccer recreation, Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021, in Jacksonville, Fla.
(AP Photograph/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
He spent the primary 4 seasons with the New Orleans Saints after being chosen with the No. 20 general choose within the 2014 NFL Draft. Then he spent one season with Tom Brady and the New England Patriots, adopted by three years with the Los Angeles Chargers, adopted by two with the Texans.
General, he has compiled 7,917 profession yards and 46 touchdowns for his profession, with a mean of 13.8 yards per catch.
Brandin Cooks #13 of the Houston Texans catches a cross for a landing throughout the second half of a recreation towards the Tennessee Titans at NRG Stadium on January 03, 2021 in Houston, Texas.
(Carmen Mandato/Getty Photographs)
May the Browns use a receiver like that? Sure they might. They might use one other starting-caliber receiver, interval. Cooks is that form of man. And clearly, has some familiarity with the brand new QB.