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Mar 13, 2022

Life moves pretty fast in the NFL. The Cowboys’ wide receiver room gave a textbook example over the 2021 season, and it’s culminated in two blockbuster moves over the weekend. - On the day after trading Amari Cooper away to Cleveland, the team will be re-signing Michael Gallup, NFL insider Adam Schefter has reported. Entering his fifth year as a pro, Gallup will ink a five-year deal worth $62.5 million instead of becoming a free agent. - - WR Michael Gallup is resigning with the Cowboys, a five-year, $62.5M deal, per source. - — Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 13, 2022 - - - At the beginning of the season, it looked as though it would be the other way around. Cooper had a brilliant Week 1 versus Tampa Bay; Gallup got hurt during the game, bringing an uncertain wrinkle to what was supposed to be a contract year for him. Many Cowboys observers had already assumed Gallup would be gone in free agency, suddenly too expensive for Dallas to keep. - But Gallup missed seven games with that calf injury and then tore an ACL in Week 17. His market woefully limited, he had improbably became a potential bargain in a locker room where $20 million man Cooper had managed to wear out his welcome by season’s end. - Now Cooper will be a Brown, and 26-year-old Gallup will be earning $12.5 million per year while staying in Dallas alongside CeeDee Lamb. - The Cowboys are reportedly confident that Gallup is recovering well from his February knee surgery; they expect him to be ready for the start of a 2022 season that he will be now paid handsomely for. - - List - - 2022 draft: 7 receivers who could help fill Amari Cooper's void for Cowboys - - - - - - - - List - - Cowboys Weekend News: Cooper trade impacts cap, Lamb, free agency - - - - - - - - List - - Trading Cooper gives Cowboys just under $20M in cap space, here's how much more they can create - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Email - - - - - Sign up - - - - - - - - Like this article? - Sign up for the Cowboys Wire email newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning - - - - An error has occured - - - Please re-enter your email address. - - - - - - Thanks for signing up! - - - You'll now receive the top Cowboys Wire stories each day directly in your inbox.

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