HOUSTON – Wide receiver Texans Brandin Cooks, who is playing for his fourth team in his seven seasons in the NFL, said he “will not accept further negotiations”.
Cooks, who has already been traded three times, has another three-year contract that he signed with the Los Angeles Rams. He has a $ 12 million limit in 2021, but has no guaranteed money left over for the remaining three years of his business.
“For me, [No.] 4 [Deshaun Watson] is a special player and would love to continue growing with him, “Cooks said of the Houston defender.” But, when it comes to a team thinking that I could switch to summon capital, I would alert them to think twice, because frankly, I will not accept any more negotiations. And then, for me, if you want me out of your team, you just have to let me walk and choose my destination.
“For me, I have a newborn child at home and he is looking for someone to set an example for. So I think that for me, it is starting to stand firm with my career. But when it comes to playing here and playing with Deshaun, I’d love to continue that growth. But that’s out of my control. Those are decisions that I don’t make. “
In three games since wide receiver Will Fuller was suspended for the remainder of the season, Cooks has 25 receptions for 265 yards and a touchdown. (He lost a game with a neck injury.) With 16 yards at the end of Sunday’s season against the Tennessee Titans, Cooks would become only the second receiver in NFL history to have at least 1,000 yards in a season with four different teams , according to ESPN Statistics and Information.
Cooks was chosen by the New Orleans Saints and also played for the New England Patriots. After being switched to Rams for a second round pick in April, Cooks has 70 receptions for 984 yards and four touchdowns in his first season in Houston.
Cooks declined to say how he would block a deal and, when asked if he would be interested in signing an extension that would give him guaranteed money, he said, “This is something my agent deals with.”
“I would love to continue to grow with Deshaun and have that commitment, anyway,” said Cooks. “I don’t get into that. I’m going to leave that to my agent and the team, but to play with a guy like that – who wouldn’t want to play with a quarterback like Deshaun?”
The Texans have four wide receivers under contract for 2021: Cooks, choose Isaiah Coulter from the fifth round in 2020 and slot receivers Randall Cobb and Keke Coutee. Fuller was playing on his fifth year option before being suspended in November. Houston doesn’t have a choice in the draft for the first or second round after sending them to Miami in 2019 for left tackle Laremy Tunsil and wide receiver Kenny Stills.
“I feel really good about playing this attack,” said Cooks. “I think there is a lot more space for us to continue to grow together. Not just me, but all of us as a whole. You think about not having the off-season, not having time to really grow. We didn’t have that opportunity as a team, especially the new guys. And I hope we have that opportunity, and I think there is a lot of room to grow, in an excellent way. “