According to Mike Garafolo, the Saints are signing WR Brandin Cooks to a contract on Friday.
Josina Anderson reports Cooks is receiving a two-year, $13 million deal.
This marks Cooks’ return to the original team that drafted him in 2014.
Earlier this month, Albert Breer of SI reported New Orleans could be targeting a potential reunion with Cooks.
Cooks, 31, is a former first-round pick of the Saints back in 2014. He was entering the final year of his four-year, $8.4 million contract when he was traded to the Patriots in 2017.
New England later picked up his fifth-year option for the 2018 season before trading him to the Rams for first- and sixth-round picks. From there, Cooks agreed to a five-year extension worth $81 million with Los Angeles, only to be traded to the Texans in 2020.
Cooks was set to make a base salary of $12.5 million for the 2022 season when he agreed to a two-year, $39.6 million extension with Houston. However, the Texans traded him to the Cowboys in 2023 for a mid-round pick.
In 2024, Cooks appeared in 10 games for the Cowboys and caught 26 passes for 259 yards receiving and three touchdowns.
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