Texans trade #57 for Brandin Cooks and '22 fourth

[bikerack]

Title says it all.

All of Cooks' guaranteed money has already been paid out by LA so he is essentially on an $8 million (base salary) prove it deal. Houston can cut him without penalty after the season or restructure to make the last 3 years more cap friendly.

Texans two WR trades this offseason:

GAVE
* DeAndre Hopkins
* 2nd-round pick (#57...their original pick)
* 4th-round pick

GOT
* David Johnson
* Brandin Cooks
* 2nd-round pick (#40)
* 2021 4th-round pick
* 2022 4th-round pick

[Keith]

Rams taking a $21.8M dead money cap hit in order for Brandin Cooks and his eleventy million concussions to NOT play for the Rams anymore.

[chuck]

Hey guys, let’s wait until this all plays out before we judge how terrible it is, huh?

[Keith]

This is chuck's safeword post. He must be mixed up in some serious Central American crimelord shit.

[chuck]

Originally Posted by Keith

This is chuck's safeword post. He must be mixed up in some serious Central American crimelord shit.

That would actually be entertaining. Instead I’m just sitting here inside like everyone else.

The truth is my total apathy rules the day. I don’t care what the team does and won’t care at least until this shitshow leaves town. Probably not even then. Unfortunately the owners have enough money to keep this afloat indefinitely, and Nexans are a famously self-flagellating sort, so I can’t see any changes on the horizon for any reason.

The city’s other two owners used considerable debt to make the purchases and are likely in some trouble. The despicable owner of the Rockets is going to have to do an organ grinder monkey dance in front of his bond holders to keep the team. Probably issue some more bonds, too. The other idiot, who knows, he’ll probably just bend over and take it in the ass from the league again.

Anyway, it looks like I chose an outSTANding offseason to quit caring about North American sports.

[Keith]

If Deshaun Watson can remain healthy all season, I'd still peg the Texans as favorites to win the division and lose in the divisional round of the playoffs. Rinse and repeat. O'Brien keeps on keepin on. Time is a flat circle.