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Dallas Cowboys fans might be wishing they had Amari Cooper back right about now.
The veteran wide receiver put together a tremendous performance in his third game with the Cleveland Browns on Thursday against the Pittsburgh Steelers, catching seven passes for 101 yards and a touchdown in a 29-17 win.
Once Cooper hit the 100-yard mark, fans began to mock the Cowboys’ decision to trade the four-time Pro Bowler, who now has 19 catches for 219 yards and two touchdowns on the season, in exchange for a 2022 fifth-round pick.
StatMuse @statmuse
Amari Cooper tonight:
7 REC
101 YDS⁰1 TDHis first time with back-to-back 100 yard games since 2016. pic.twitter.com/mZ1DUVWk01
mike taddow @MikeTaddow
the cowboys letting amari cooper go will haunt them /is haunting them
Daniel Corrigan @Corrigan_Tweets
The Cowboys literally just gave us Amari Cooper, man.
Evan Dammarell @AmNotEvan
Amari Cooper tonight really makes you wonder what the Cowboys were thinking
Justin Morris @Justin_JM12
Eagles got more for Jalen Reagor than the Cowboys did for Amari Cooper 🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
Doug Kyed @DougKyed
I’m not gonna lie. It was weird for the Cowboys to trade 28-year-old Amari Cooper for a fifth-round pick because he was making $20M a year when 11 wide receivers then went on to sign contracts worth at least $20M per year this offseason.
Tom Ignudo @TomIgnudo
Still can’t believe the Cowboys gave Amari Cooper up for as little as they did.
Joe Mehling @JMehling
The #Cowboys traded Amari Cooper for a 5th round pick.
I’ll say it again, The front office should be fined millions for incompetence.
Robert Griffin III @RGIII
Man, Cowboys could use Amari Cooper right about now.
Tom Ryle, progressive guy @TomRyleBTB
So remind me again just why Amari Cooper was so unpalatable to the Cowboys?
Evan Dammarell @AmNotEvan
Amari Cooper tonight really makes you wonder what the Cowboys were thinking
Marsh Cristobal🤟🏽 @hurricanesmarsh
Just a reminder that the Cowboys gave Amari Cooper away for a bag of candy
David Howman @_DH44_
Cowboys traded Amari Cooper for the right to draft Matt Waletzko and Devin Harper
Hood 🍷 @Hoodiano7
Cowboy fans already missing Amari Cooper yea Jones gave him up for a turkey sandwich 🥪 thank you Jerry #DallasCowboys #Browns
martymcsuperfly @jongiuffre
Man good thing the #cowboys got rid of Amari Cooper. Two 100 yard games in a row is not the kind of production they value
yung chlorophyll @coldWauta
The Amari cooper trade is the worst trade in Dallas cowboys history
The Cowboys are 1-1 on the season following a 20-17 Week 2 win over the Cincinnati Bengals.
Fifth-year wide receiver Noah Brown currently leads the Cowboys in receiving yards with 10 catches for 159 yards and one touchdown in two games. Star receiver CeeDee Lamb is second with nine catches for 104 yards.
Brown and Lamb are the only two Cowboys receivers to reach the 100-yard mark this season.
Cooper will look to keep the momentum going next week against the Atlanta Falcons.