The Oakland Raiders continued to stockpile draft picks on Monday, trading another former Pro Bowl that they drafted in recent years. This time, wide receiver Amari Cooper was sent out, going to the Dallas Cowboys in exchange for a first-round pick in next year’s draft.
Oakland had been shopping Cooper, the fourth-overall pick in 2015, and had gotten offers as high as a second-round pick from the defending champion Philadelphia Eagles. The Raiders held out, though, waiting for a team that would give them just a bit more. Dallas was desperate enough to give them that little bit more.