Cowboys fans ready to make Super Bowl after Brandin Cooks trade

The Dallas Cowboys did something moderately big and traded for wideout Brandin Cooks, and their fanbase unsurprisingly has very strong opinions on the acquisition.

Every single year, Dallas Cowboys fans think they are going to the Super Bowl, and every single year, the franchise lets them down. Why should 2023 be any different? The Brandin Cooks trade, for starters.

The Houston Texans traded Cooks to the Cowboys for a mere fifth-rounder and sixth-rounder, very similar to what former Dallas wideout Amari Cooper commanded in his trade to the Browns.

Cooks had requested a trade a few weeks back and seeing him get moved this offseason is no surprise. However, seeing him join America’s favorite team, the Cowboys…..

Cue all the way-too-early Super Bowl predictions. Sure, go ahead and place that +1600 bet on Dallas winning the championship. Just know the Cowboys are going to be the Cowboys, and one star wide receiver does not take away from Mike McCarthy’s ludicrous and laughable clock management.

To the oft-delusional Cowboys fan, the Cooks trade may make it seem like Dallas is going to win it all this year. Time will tell, won’t it? It could come down to the final seconds of any given game. McCarthy knows that all too well.

But to empathize with the uber-optimistic/questionably delusional fanbase mob for just a second, here are some of the best reactions on Twitter to Dallas maybe not choking in 2023:

Twitter reacts to Dallas Cowboys trading for star WR Brandin Cooks

Brandin Cooks may be the first player in NFL history to leave $20M+ dead money behind with two different franchises.
Rams and Texans.
Salary Cap Hall of Famer.

— Andrew Brandt (@AndrewBrandt) March 19, 2023

Brandin Cooks has been moved around a lot, but the guys who’ve coached and played with him love him as a player and a guy. Good pickup for Dallas, and should be a nice complement (if healthy) to CeeDee Lamb. https://t.co/CWQAtgsDfo

— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) March 19, 2023

The Cowboys are making WIN-NOW MOVES. They have traded for 29 Year old Brandin Cooks and 32 Year old Stephon Gilmore. Two established playmakers at their most important positions of need. Its an admission of the Amari Cooper trade mistake and a different approach this off-season.

— Robert Griffin III (@RGIII) March 19, 2023

Brandin Cooks is one of the more underrated WRs of the last decade.

Maybe not ever at the top of the position, but six 1,000yd seasons in nine years. For four different teams, with varying levels of QB play.

And for the cost of a couple Day 3 picks? No brainer.

— David Helman (@davidhelman_) March 19, 2023

Cowboys fans gonna hype up Brandin Cooks just to say it wasn’t enough when they lose in the wild card/2nd round next year.

— Jamal (@FinessedBuckets) March 19, 2023

Will Dallas be Cooks’ final home? Based on his chaotic trade history, probably not.

As for the lofty Super Bowl aspirations, Cooks is a consistent and experienced wideout who can fit well in the receiving corps and should help elevate the passing attack (and discourage any end-of-game QB draws). Don’t make it more complicated than that.