Cooper is not a good comparison to Adams/Ramsey. He’s a completely different player and also not of their caliber. WRs are devalued in trades. Historically.
Except for Cowboys and Roy Williams/Joey Galloway
Look at what
Brandon Marshall, Randy Moss, Antonio Brown, Odell Beckham Jr went for. Not a whole lot. Various stages of their careers, all still regarded as top WRs in the game at times of their moves.
Odell went for a 1st. And Brandin Cooks is being thrown around for a 1st every season in the most disgraceful manner possible. Stefon Diggs and a 7th went for a 1st, 4th, 5th, and 6th.
Back to Ramsey/Adams. Cornerstone defensive players go for a lot. Mack was two 1sts. Ramsey was two 1sts and a second.
You could make argument that Adams is the best Safety in the league. Top 5 DB? Arguable.
Ramsey isn’t bulletproof. He’s not Deion or prime Asomugha or Bailey or Woodson. His stock has definitely come down a bit from just 1.5 years ago. And yet he fetched a good amount more than a 1st.
I don’t think Adams fetches TWO 1sts. But he will fetch more than just A 1st.
1st, 4th, and a quality player should do it. For any team. But with COVID-19 and all this uncertainty regarding inevitable plummeting of the salary cap in future years, hard for any team to willingly take on an $80+ mil extension at this time.