By Josina Anderson
Sat. March 8, 1:23pm
While Cowboys wide receiver Brandin Cooks is heading into his 11th season in his NFL career, he's still looking forward to experiencing something he's never done before.
I just spoke with Cooks on the phone:
"I'm expecting a good free agency since this is the first time that I would be a free agent in my career, but I'm also open to returning to Dallas. At the end of the day I'm just trying to win."
Cooks is coming off of his second season in Dallas, after recording an atypical 259 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Cooks missed seven games midseason last year with a knee injury before returning week 12.
"I am fully healthy and have nothing to hide. If a quarterback wants to go throw somewhere, I could get on a plane and catch for him right now."
My understanding is that Cooks will have some interest from several teams on the open market, but still is very fond of many people on his current team. "I have a good relationship with Dak (Prescott), the Jones family and Cee Dee (Lamb), it's just one of those things where they have to focus on what they have to get done first too. I would love to play with the Cowboys, at the same time they would have to use me right. I don’t think they fully used me to my strengths.”
When looking around at the top offenses in the league Cooks sees examples of ways to utilize him better, that or even more conducive to his skillset.
'I just think when you look at Kyle Shanahan, Sean McVay, or Ben Johnson, there's a lot of motion in those offenses. I don't like to be stagnant out there and teams are getting away from that. Whether I'm out wide and motion in towards the slot, or vice versa, I work well from that. I think Schotty (new Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer) has got some flavor and will put his touches on the offense now too."