Jerry Jones says he's happy with decision to trade Amari Cooper, use cap space elsewhere




  • In Sports/Football
  • 2023-02-02 18:37:12Z
  • By ProFootball Talk on NBC Sports
 

Cowboys owner and General Manager Jerry Jones has no regrets about trading wide receiver Amari Cooper.

Jones acknowledged that the Cowboys could have used a wide receiver of Cooper's caliber, but he defended the decision to unload Cooper's contract because he says the $20 million in cap space that saved was well used.

"When I look at the salary involved, over $20 million a year, and I look at what we got with that salary to help this team that we wouldn't have been able to have with this team, had we kept him, I like what we did," Jones said.

Jones admitted he hoped third-round rookie Jalen Tolbert would have contributed more, and that Michael Gallup would have recovered more quickly from a torn ACL, but he insisted that losing Cooper wasn't a problem for the Cowboys, given that the $20 million they didn't spend on Cooper was $20 million they could spend on other players.

Jerry Jones says he's happy with decision to trade Amari Cooper, use cap space elsewhere originally appeared on Pro Football Talk

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