WATCH: Best NFL in-season trade ever? Amari Cooper makes game-winning catch in OT as Cowboys beat Eagles
By Andrew Olson
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Not too long ago Dallas was getting made fun of for trading a first-round draft pick for Amari Cooper. Through six games of the 2018 season, Cooper had logged 22 catches for 280 yards and a touchdown. Six games later, the Cowboys are getting the last laugh. Cooper has recorded 40 catches, 642 yards and six touchdowns.
The sixth touchdown made for an incredible highlight. The Philadelphia Eagles defensive back deflected the ball up in the air, but Cooper stayed put and caught it on the drop, strolling in for a walk-off touchdown in overtime. All three Cooper touchdowns came in the fourth quarter or overtime and all were go-ahead (in the case of the last one, game-winning).
Ball just bounced the Cowboys’ way 👀 @AmariCooper9 pic.twitter.com/LKDddwyE5p
— The Checkdown (@thecheckdown) December 10, 2018
Amari Cooper is the 1st player in NFL history with 3 go-ahead receiving TD in the 4th-quarter/OT of the same game.
Cooper is also the 3rd Cowboys player with 200 Rec yds and 3 Rec TD in a single game. He joins Michael Irvin (1992) and Frank Clarke (1962). pic.twitter.com/rc8ECY4279
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) December 10, 2018
Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.
