Texans Star Brandin Cooks’ Nightmarish Season Gets Even Worse as Franchise Retaliates to WR’s ‘Playing With My Career’ Comments

Brandin Cooks’ season of lows continues to keep hitting newer lows. The Texans’ wide receiver is 1-7-1 with his team. The Texans have one of the poorest records this season. With no way out for him as the transfer deadline passed, Cooks got vocal about the situation in Houston and this has come back to haunt him. 

The Texans’ only win this season came against the Jaguars, who have more wins than them. The seasoned wide receiver expressed his desire for change in the scenario but wasn’t successful in getting his move away from the franchise. The Texans’ coaching staff recognized this as disruptive and don’t want to recognize him as an official team leader anymore.

Season of Ls for Brandin Cooks

The veteran receiver leads the Texans with 32 receptions and 354 receiving yards. He also wore the “C” for the Houston team until very recently. Post his comments on the organization’s conduct with him, the Texans stripped him of his leadership capacities.

Cooks got vocal about the situation in the Houston camp and how they weren’t on the same wavelength. “I’m frustrated, absolutely. I want to win. That’s not the case. That’s what’s going on. That’s the way I express my emotions. I think we all want to win. We’re all frustrated in some sense. That’s where I stand with that,” said Cooks as he made his first appearance post his tweet that caught eyeballs on November 2. 

Cooks was allowed time off from their training facility post the transfer deadline disappointment. The Texans organization kept the wide receiver at limited practice post his social media outbreak. Citing an apparent wrist injury, he also didn’t participate in the Eagles game. Post a few days off, he returned to their facility and was able to feature against the Giants.

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Only to his misery; the Texans lost the game and Cooks didn’t play a big part in it. Post his falling out with the management, the rest of the year also looks similar for Cooks. Voicing his opinion has jeopardized his career with his team. 

Too big to let go

The Texans signed him on a hefty deal and that would be one of the reasons he is still around. Though the management wouldn’t want a player that doesn’t want to be around, they are in a dilemma as they have spent big bucks on the wide receiver. Cooks is one of the two players to record 1000 receiving yards with four teams.

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Wherever he goes next year, will surely benefit from his addition to their camp. A trade will also make the joint leader for most trades (4) throughout their career.