A number of Oakland Raiders players are furious with the way coach Jon Gruden after trading star receiver Amari Cooper.

Read on to get the details on why the Oakland Raiders players are furious with Amari Cooper trade…

CelebNSports247.com reports that Monday’s trade of Cooper to the Dallas Cowboys from Gruden caught many of the Oakland Raiders players off guard.

The trade set the Raiders up for the next two years. The NFL team says that they’re rebuilding, not tanking, and after trading Amari Cooper. Word is, they’ve got five first-round picks in two years to set a foundation.

The Raiders, who received a first-round draft pick from the Cowboys, dealt away Cooper less than two months after trading star pass-rusher Khalil Mack to the Bears in a deal that sent two first-round picks back to Oakland.

Despite the news of receiving two years of first round picks one player told The Athletic:

The Mack trade was a real stiff jab. But the Cooper one was like a knockout punch, especially because we had just walked back in the door from the bye. We didn’t want to believe it was coming, and Coach said we weren’t going to trade him.

The player also added:

I think many of us realize we won’t be here next year. We are just waiting to see if we will be here next week.

Another player questioned whether a rebuild for the Raiders wasn’t always the long-term plan for Gruden, who signed a 10-year, $100 million deal to return as Oakland’s coach earlier this year.

The player said:

You have to wonder if we haven’t been playing for draft picks all along. Despite everything, the coaches told us at training camp.

Raiders tight end Lee Smith feels that with the number of trades already done, he’s concerned that a number of his teammates may lose interest in the 2018 season.

Smith said:

Nobody was happy when we traded Khalil. And nobody is happy that we traded Amari. How could you be? You never ever want to trade elite, homegrown talent. But Coach Gruden is thinking long term. It’s no secret that he got a 10-year contract. And having five first-rounders in the next two years is pretty good.