PHOENIX ACQUIRES WR JARVIS LANDRY & WR BRANDIN COOKS
CARMEL ACQUIRES WR PRESTON WILLIAMS & RB MIKE DAVIS
The Uprising acquire the two bigger names in the deal, with Jarvis Landry and Brandin Cooks both considered star playmakers. However neither player is off to an auspicious start, with Landry looking more like a possession receiver than anything else, while Brandin Cooks is coming off an injury plagued down year, while entering a new offense. Obviously the Uprising imagine better days ahead for both players, but this has become a bloated receiver group of potentially past their prime names (Odell Beckham, Desean Jackson, Alshon Jeffery, and Mohammed Sanu) and unproven youngsters (DJ Chark, Henry Ruggs, and Tee Higgins) that will need to be trimmed down once all players are healthy, as nine receivers is completely untenable- especially as the team still has four running backs (David Montgomery, Devin Singletary, Darrell Henderson, and Devonta Freeman) two tight ends (Noah Fant and OJ Howard).
With as unfortunate a start to the season as can be imagined, the Rudy-Toos has shifted into survival mode as they need to approach each week as a must win. Mike Davis has shone that with opportunity he can be a must start feature back; For at least two more weeks, that role is his. Whenever CMC pushes him back to the bench, Carmel will deal with that as it comes. Meanwhile, they deal safer bets at WR to gamble on a young speed/size prospect in Preston Williams who had a nice debut as an undrafted rookie in 2019 and figures to gain more of a role as the year goes on. With nothing to fall back on Carmel is gambling, but that's the hand they were dealt- better to play it than fold it up and attempt to lose modestly.
