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
110
Not Enough Snaps
Touchdowns '24
3
Not Enough Snaps
WK 15 MATCHUP
poor
LATEST NEWS
KEY INSIGHTS
FANTASY
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PAST PERFORMANCE
WEEK PROJECTIONS
GRADES
SEASON STATS
BIO

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Key Insights

  1. Brandin Cooks
    WR
    @CAR
    | Sun 6:00pm
    Brandin Cooks headshot
    Cooks has the 5th largest difference in target rate when facing single-high (higher) compared to two-high (lower) coverages. That bodes well for more targets against the Panthers, who play single-high safety shells at the 3rd highest rate in the NFL.
  2. DAL
    Sun 6:00pm
    @ Bank of America Stadium
    CAR
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Fantasy Insights

Brandin Cooks headshot
Brandin Cooks
WR
BYE: 7
WEEK 15@CAR
12/15, 6:00 PM
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
99
th
/120
Rec
VS
Panthers
32
nd
/32
Cov
poor
vs defense
proj snaps
VS
J. Horn
85
th
/113
Cov
11.6
VS
M. Jackson
53
rd
/113
Cov
11.6
VS
C. Smith-Wade
Unranked
11.1

Past Performance

Touchdowns
AVG L5
0.4
TDS
vs Last 5
vs Similar Coverage
5
4
3
2
1
0
0 TDS
NO
WK 2
0 TDS
BAL
WK 3
0 TDS
@NYG
WK 4
1 TDS
NYG
WK 13
1 TDS
CIN
WK 14
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Week Projections

Rankings
PROJ PTS
8.6
@ CAR Panthers WK 15
WEEKLY RANK
WR-71
@ CAR Panthers WK 15
PROJ REC YDS
37.8
@ CAR Panthers WK 15
PROJ REC TDS
0.2
@ CAR Panthers WK 15
PROJ REC
3.2
@ CAR Panthers WK 15
PROJ TGTS
5.5
@ CAR Panthers WK 15

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
28
No Data - Not Ranked
RECEPTIONS 2024
13
No Data - Not Ranked
RECEIVING YDS 2024
110
No Data - Not Ranked
RECEIVING TDS 2024
3
No Data - Not Ranked

Receiving

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Rank
-
Targets
28
-
Receptions
13
-
Receiving Yards
110
-
Receiving Touchdowns
3
-
Drops
0
-
Yards Per Reception
8.5
-
Yards After Catch per Reception
1.5
-
Passer Rating When Targeted
92.9
-
Average Depth of Target
12.6

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