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Oct 08, 2015

Saints WR Brandin Cooks (ankle) took full practice reps...

Oct 08, 2015 · 6:11 PM EDT

Saints WR Brandin Cooks (ankle) took full practice reps Thursday after being limited Wednesday. Cooks has been playing through this ankle injury for a while now.

Oct 07, 2015

Saints WR Brandin Cooks (ankle) took limited practice r...

Oct 07, 2015 · 6:19 PM EDT

Saints WR Brandin Cooks (ankle) took limited practice reps Wednesday. Cooks has been playing through this ankle injury for a while now.

Oct 02, 2015

Saints WR Brandin Cooks (ankle, probable) took full pra...

Oct 02, 2015 · 6:45 PM EDT

Saints WR Brandin Cooks (ankle, probable) took full practice reps on Friday after being limited earlier in the week and is probable for Week 4. Cooks is good to go for a so-so matchup with Dallas, though he gets his quarterback back this week.

Oct 01, 2015

Saints WR Brandin Cooks (ankle) took limited practice r...

Oct 01, 2015 · 7:11 PM EDT

Saints WR Brandin Cooks (ankle) took limited practice reps again Thursday. Cooks played through the injury last week and should be fine for a so-so matchup against the Cowboys.

Sep 30, 2015

Saints WR Brandin Cooks (ankle) took limited practice r...

Sep 30, 2015 · 6:25 PM EDT

Saints WR Brandin Cooks (ankle) took limited practice reps Wednesday. Cooks played through the injury last week and should be fine for a so-so matchup against the Cowboys.

Sep 25, 2015

Saints WR Brandin Cooks (ankle, probable) took full pra...

Sep 25, 2015 · 7:02 PM EDT

Saints WR Brandin Cooks (ankle, probable) took full practice reps Friday after missing practice earlier in the week and is probable for Week 3. Cooks is facing a tough matchup and his QB is out. He says he’ll play but he’s not looking like a good start.

Sep 24, 2015

Saints WR Brandin Cooks (ankle) missed practice again T...

Sep 24, 2015 · 6:16 PM EDT

Saints WR Brandin Cooks (ankle) missed practice again Thursday. Cooks is facing a tough matchup and his QB is banged up. He says he’ll play but he’s not looking like a good start.

Sep 23, 2015

Saints WR Brandin Cooks (ankle) did not practice Wednes...

Sep 23, 2015 · 6:12 PM EDT

Saints WR Brandin Cooks (ankle) did not practice Wednesday. Cooks is facing a tough matchup and his QB is banged up.

Sep 01, 2015

Saints Beat: Brandon Coleman 'most likely' team's WR3

ESPN

Sep 01, 2015 · 4:52 PM EDT

Nick Toon's release on Tuesday didn't come as a shock. But it's still a disappointment that the former fourth-round draft pick was never able to realize his potential with the New Orleans Saints.

Toon had his best opportunity yet to finally play a key role for the Saints this year after he finished strong in 2014 and the team parted ways with fellow receivers Kenny Stills and Robert Meachem in the offseason. Instead Toon had a quiet summer on the practice field, then he went down with an ankle injury in the second preseason game. A league source confirmed he's being released, though it's unclear if that will come with an injury designation.

The starters will be second-year breakout candidate Brandin Cooks and longtime veteran Marques Colston.

Behind them, second-year pro Brandon Coleman appears most likely to emerge as the No. 3 receiver this season -- although he hasn't cemented that role yet because he's gone quiet in all of New Orleans' preseason games.

Fantasy Impact:

The 6-foot-6, 225-pound Coleman, who went undrafted out of Rutgers in 2014 has the highest ceiling of all the backup receivers. The team will keep giving him opportunities to play a key role after he has looked so good in practices this summer. He could especially be effective in the red zone, the story said. After Coleman, veterans Josh Morgan and Joseph Morgan are jockeying for position with two other second-year undrafted receivers: Willie Snead and Seantavius Jones.

Aug 23, 2015

Bill Belichick saw New Orleans Saints receiver Brandin ...

ESPN

Aug 23, 2015 · 9:21 AM EDT

Bill Belichick saw New Orleans Saints receiver Brandin Cooks all week in joint practices and during Saturday night’s game in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.

And he saw enough.

“I’m glad we don’t have to play him twice a year,” the New England Patriots coach said after Cooks caught four passes for 117 yards – including a 45-yard touchdown – while the Saints jumped to a 21-0 lead Saturday. “He’s a really good player.”

Cooks also caught a 36-yard pass from backup quarterback Luke McCown. And he ran for seven yards on an end around before calling it a night before halftime.

Fantasy Impact:

Sure, it was only a preseason game. But the way Cooks has delivered so far this summer for the Saints, with touchdowns in each of their two games so far, is critical. They're counting on the 21-year-old second-year pro to emerge as their top playmaker this season after trading away Jimmy Graham and Kenny Stills. Cooks is clearly part of the Saints transition to youth at the WR position.