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Wanting to add speed and a complement to Pro Bowler CeeDee Lamb, the Dallas Cowboys are acquiring Houston Texans wide receiver Brandin Cooks for a fifth-round pick in 2023 and a sixth-round pick in 2024, according to multiple reports.

The Cowboys and Texans had discussions regarding a deal before last year's trade deadline but could not come to an agreement.

Cooks' $18 million salary in 2023 is guaranteed. Cooks restructured his contract Saturday so that Houston will pay $6 million of his salary this season and Dallas will pay the remaining $12 million, sources told ESPN. He is under contract through 2024.

"Beyond blessed and can't wait to go be special for the star! Very thankful for the Jones family for this opportunity for my family and I," Cooks said in a text message to ESPN's DJ Bien-Aime.

As ESPN.com's Todd Archer reminded readers, last year, the Cowboys traded Amari Cooper to the Cleveland Browns for a fifth-round pick but only added veteran James Washington in free agency and Jalen Tolbert in the third round as a replacement. Washington suffered a broken foot in training camp and played in only two games, without a catch, before his release. Tolbert caught just two passes as a rookie.

With Michael Gallup coming back from a torn ACL in his left knee, executive vice president Stephen Jones said it was "probably fair" to criticize the Cowboys for not doing enough to replace Cooper.

In Cooks, the Cowboys acquire a speed threat to pair with Lamb and Gallup, whom the organization believes will be much better in his second year off of major surgery.

Cooks, 29, has been vocal about his unhappiness in Houston and said he didn't want to be part of a rebuild. He caught 57 passes for 699 yards and three scores in 13 games for the Texans last season.

In his career with the Texans, Los Angeles Rams, New England Patriots and New Orleans Saints, he has 630 receptions for 8,616 yards and 49 touchdowns.

Cooks recorded his first 1,000-yard receiving season in 2015. Since 2015, the only NFL players to record more 1,000-yard receiving seasons than Cooks are Mike Evans and Travis Kelce.

This is the fourth time he has been traded in his career.

Meanwhile, the Texans, who are still trying to figure out who there starting quarterback will be in 2023, head into the season with a wide receiving corps comprised of Nico Collins, Robert Woods, Noah Brown, Amari Rodgers and John Metchie III.

On a more positive note, the Texans have secured left tackle Laremy Tunsil with a three-year, $75 million extension that includes $50 million in fully guaranteed money, NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reports, per a source. The deal is worth up to $60 million in total guarantees, per Rapoport.

Rapoport adds that Tunsil's extension once again makes him the highest-paid tackle in NFL history after resetting the market for his position.