Report: Amari Cooper asked Raiders to trade him
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Jon Gruden seems to be cleaning house with the Oakland Raiders by stockpiling draft picks and trading away their best players, but the latest blockbuster deal was apparently set in motion by the player, not the coach. Marcus Thompson II of The Athletic reportReport: Amari Cooper asked Raiders to trade him
Jon Gruden seems to be cleaning house with the Oakland Raiders by stockpiling draft picks and trading away their best players, but the latest blockbuster deal was apparently set in motion by the player, not the coach. Marcus Thompson II of The Athletic reports that Cooper wanted out of Oakland. While Cooper did not demand to be traded, Thompson was told by sources that the star receiver “set the wheels in motion,” and the Raiders were essentially “obliging Cooper’s overtures and got a first-round pick out of it.” The Raiders picked up the fifth-year option on Cooper’s rookie deal prior to the start of the season, so he will be under contract with the Dallas Cowboys through the 2019 season. After Gruden opted to ship Khalil Mack out of town in a similar situation, Cooper likely knew he was on borrowed time in Oakland anyway. It didn’t help that he has just 22 catches for 280 yards through six games this season. Gruden is basically blowing things up in Oakland, and there’s a belief that Derek Carr could be the Read more