ACTIVE

Brandin 
Cooks

WR
#3
|
DAL Cowboys
5'10"
189lbs
31y/o
Brandin Cooks headshot
Overall Grade '24
N/S
Not Enough Snaps
Receiving Yards '24
144
Not Enough Snaps
Touchdowns '24
3
Not Enough Snaps
WK 16 MATCHUP
poor
LATEST NEWS
KEY INSIGHTS
FANTASY
MATCHUP
PAST PERFORMANCE
WEEK PROJECTIONS
GRADES
SEASON STATS
BIO

Latest News

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    December 19, 2024
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    December 17, 2024
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Key Insights

  1. Brandin Cooks
    WR
    vsTB
    | Mon 1:20am
    Brandin Cooks headshot
    The Buccaneers defense plays zone coverage at the 2nd highest rate in the NFL, which could limit Cooks' production.
  2. DAL
    Mon 1:20am
    vs AT&T Stadium
    TB
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Fantasy Insights

Brandin Cooks headshot
Brandin Cooks
WR
BYE: 7
WEEK 16vsTB
12/23, 1:20 AM
DRAFT RANK
WR-50
PROJ PTS
196.62
ADP
168.4
Last season, he joined the Cowboys, but it took time before he really clicked in the offense. He was inactive in Week 2 and helped to 50 receiving yards or less in every game over the first half of the season. He then broke out with a nine-catch, 173-yard performance. From that point on, he was consistently playing at least 70% of Dallas' offensive snaps. He was WR14 from Week 10 until the end of the season while his teammate CeeDee Lamb was WR1 by a wide margin.
Cooks has remained a wide receiver who is pretty good at everything outside of shorter routes, and the Cowboys will likely need Cooks more this season than last. Dallas allowed Tony Pollard and Michael Gallup to leave in free agency and didn’t bring in any notable pass catchers.
He is pretty unlikely to finish as a top-10 fantasy receiver given Lamb’s target share and some of his fantasy production came from touchdown luck, but there is a strong case for him to be a fantasy starter if he builds off what he did at the very end of last season. He caught at least five passes in each of his last three games including the playoffs after accomplishing that just once in the first 16 weeks.

Week Matchup

player-headshot
B. Cooks
95
th
/120
Rec
VS
Buccaneers
16
th
/32
Cov
poor
vs defense
proj snaps
VS
Z. McCollum
28
th
/113
Cov
11.4
VS
J. Dean
17
th
/113
Cov
11.4
VS
T. Smith
30
th
/113
Cov
10.7

Past Performance

Touchdowns
AVG L5
0.4
TDS
Has hit over 1 TDS 2/5 games 40%
vs Last 5
vs Similar Coverage
5
4
3
2
1
0
1
0 TDS
BAL
WK 3
0 TDS
@NYG
WK 4
1 TDS
NYG
WK 13
1 TDS
CIN
WK 14
0 TDS
@CAR
WK 15
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Week Projections

Rankings
PROJ PTS
8.5
vs TB Buccaneers WK 16
WEEKLY RANK
WR-56
vs TB Buccaneers WK 16
PROJ REC YDS
37.3
vs TB Buccaneers WK 16
PROJ REC TDS
0.2
vs TB Buccaneers WK 16
PROJ REC
3.3
vs TB Buccaneers WK 16
PROJ TGTS
5.4
vs TB Buccaneers WK 16

Grades

Players receive a ranking if they qualify 25% of the maximum targets, run attempts or dropbacks at the position (depending on the metric).
OVERALL GRADE
N/S
AVG
Not Enough Snaps
RECEIVING GRADE
N/S
AVG
Not Enough Snaps
RUSHING GRADE
N/S
AVG
Not Enough Snaps

Season Stats

Players receive a ranking if they qualify 25% of the maximum targets, run attempts or dropbacks at the position (depending on the metric).
TARGETS 2024
32
No Data - Not Ranked
RECEPTIONS 2024
16
No Data - Not Ranked
RECEIVING YDS 2024
144
No Data - Not Ranked
RECEIVING TDS 2024
3
No Data - Not Ranked

Receiving

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Rank
-
Targets
32
-
Receptions
16
-
Receiving Yards
144
-
Receiving Touchdowns
3
-
Drops
0
-
Yards Per Reception
9
-
Yards After Catch per Reception
1.2
-
Passer Rating When Targeted
93.8
-
Average Depth of Target
12.3

Rushing

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Rank
-
Carries
2
-
Rushing Yards
2
-
Rushing Touchdowns
0
-
Yards per Attempt
1
-
Forced Missed Tackles
0

Career

Teams
Year
Dallas Cowboys
2023 - Present
Houston Texans
2020 - 2022
Los Angeles Rams
2018 - 2019
New England Patriots
2017 - 2017
New Orleans Saints
2014 - 2016

Honors

Honor
Year
Biletnikoff Award
2013