The Oakland Raiders will trade wide receiver Amari Cooper to the Dallas Cowboys, a source told ESPN's Josina Anderson on Monday.
The Raiders will receive a first-round draft pick in exchange, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter. Oakland will now have three first-round picks in 2019 after also getting the Chicago Bears' selection in last month's Khalil Mack trade.
Cooper, 24, has just 22 catches for 280 yards and one touchdown in his first six games this season and is coming off a disappointing 2017 campaign, when he had 48 receptions for 680 yards and seven touchdowns in 14 games.
But Cooper, the fourth overall pick in the 2015 draft, was a Pro Bowler in each of his first two seasons with the Raiders, eclipsing 1,000 receiving yards both years.
Cooper is in the NFL's concussion protocol after suffering the injury last week in Oakland's loss to Seattle in London.
This is not the first time that Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has dealt for a receiver before the league's trade deadline. In 2008, Dallas traded first-, third-, sixth- and seventh-round picks to the Detroit Lions for wide receiver Roy Williams in a move that did not work out.
But the 3-4 Cowboys have been so lacking at wide receiver this season that they were willing to give up their top pick in next year's draft to acquire Cooper. Dallas ranks 29th in the league with an average of 202.4 receiving yards per game.
The Raiders will receive a first-round draft pick in exchange, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter. Oakland will now have three first-round picks in 2019 after also getting the Chicago Bears' selection in last month's Khalil Mack trade.
Cooper, 24, has just 22 catches for 280 yards and one touchdown in his first six games this season and is coming off a disappointing 2017 campaign, when he had 48 receptions for 680 yards and seven touchdowns in 14 games.
But Cooper, the fourth overall pick in the 2015 draft, was a Pro Bowler in each of his first two seasons with the Raiders, eclipsing 1,000 receiving yards both years.
Cooper is in the NFL's concussion protocol after suffering the injury last week in Oakland's loss to Seattle in London.
This is not the first time that Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has dealt for a receiver before the league's trade deadline. In 2008, Dallas traded first-, third-, sixth- and seventh-round picks to the Detroit Lions for wide receiver Roy Williams in a move that did not work out.
But the 3-4 Cowboys have been so lacking at wide receiver this season that they were willing to give up their top pick in next year's draft to acquire Cooper. Dallas ranks 29th in the league with an average of 202.4 receiving yards per game.
