The Detroit Lions still need a lot of help at wide receiver, even after re-signing Josh Reynolds prior to free agency. Alas, the market for premium wideouts is quickly drying up before free agency begins.
Franchise tags took care of a couple of candidates. Green Bay used the tag on Davante Adams and the Buccaneers did the same with Chris Godwin. The Los Angeles Chargers locked up Mike Williams for three years and $60 million instead of the big veteran hitting the market, too.
On Saturday, another top-shelf target got poured down the drain when the Cowboys traded Amari Cooper to the Cleveland Browns. The Browns are absorbing the final three years of Cooper’s 5-year, $100 million contract, the same basic market value that Williams will draw from the Chargers.
One of the reasons Cooper is now heading to Cleveland is because the Cowboys moved him so they could lock up free agent WR Michael Gallup and perhaps Cedrick Wilson as well. That’s at least one more name off the list of…