Brandin Cooks Fantasy Football Profile, News and Stats

Brandin Cooks
WR
, Houston Texans

Age: 27
Weight: 189 lbs
Height: 5' 10"

ADP: 96
Depth Chart Ranking: 1

Pts	RecYds	RecTD	Rec	RuYds
76	583	2	42	52

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Draft note

by John Paulsen

Cooks’ streak of 1,000-yard seasons ended at four last year as he caught just 42 passes for 582 yards and two touchdowns. The Rams traded him to the Texans, his fourth team in five seasons, and there he’ll be asked to replace most of DeAndre Hopkins’ production in the Houston passing game. The good news is that there’s plenty of targets up for grabs with Hopkins’ 150 targets vacated. The bad news is the limited practice time available due to the odd nature of the current NFL offseason, though Cooks has been able to meet up with Deshaun Watson to work on their timing. Receivers who change teams generally do not meet their previous production unless they see a bump in targets or a quarterback upgrade, but it could be argued that Cooks will see both a bigger role and a better quarterback in 2020. He had a run of four straight top 15 finishes from 2015 to 2018, so getting back into WR2 territory is not out of the question if he can play a full season. He has suffered five known concussions in his career, which is a concern. He’ll vie with Will Fuller for the No. 1 role in the Houston passing game.

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Rams trade Brandin Cooks to the Texans for draft picks

John McClain

Apr 09 · 7:38 PM EDT

Texans acquire WR Brandin Cooks and a 2022 fourth-round pick from the Rams for the 57th pick in this month's draft.

Fantasy Impact:

This is a nice spot for Brandin Cooks to land as he'll slide in as the Texans top wideout. He's a downgrade from DeAndre Hopkins talent-wise, but should still be a WR2 for fantasy purposes.

Scouting report

by Bob Harris

· Jul 29 · 9:43 AM EDT

HOU WR Brandin Cooks - 2020 Fantasy Football Outlook

Fantasy Upside
As NFL.com reported, the Texans landed Brandin Cooks in a trade with Los Angeles as part of their effort to cover for the loss of DeAndre Hopkins (who left in a trade with Arizona). It's the fourth team for Cooks and it will be the fourth time he's been traded in his career. Cooks was drafted with a first-round pick by the Saints in 2014, traded for a first-round pick to the Patriots in 2017 and traded to the Rams for a first-round pick in 2018. Now, in Houston, Cooks will play in a system similar to the one he played in while with the Patriots. Cooks posted 42 catches for 583 yards and two scores in 2019 -- largely the least productive season of his six-year career. Still, he should be a solid addition to a Texans team that looks to have a well-rounded offense.

Fantasy Downside
Cooks has a history of concussions, something that's worth noting. Also worth reiterating, this is Cooks' fourth team and it seems that he's more popular before arrival than after.

2020 Bottom Line
Trading away Hopkins -- one of the game's elite -- will likely always be a head-scratcher, but now Deshaun Watson has wideouts Cooks, Will Fuller, Randall Cobb and Kenny Stills along with TE Darren Fells and RBs David Johnson and Duke Johnson. Beyond the uncertainty that comes with another change of offenses, However, don't be surprised if the draft price falls low enough to be of interest to bargain-hunting fantasy managers looking for value with upside.

2020 Strength of Schedule - HOU

W1	W2	W3	W4	W5	W6	W7	W8	W9	W10	W11	W12	W13	W14	W15	W16	W17
5 @KC	10 BAL	7 @PIT	26 MIN	11 JAX	15 @TEN	16 GB	BYE	11 @JAX	12 @CLE	1 NE	32 @DET	18 IND	3 @CHI	18 @IND	25 CIN	15 TEN

Schedule difficulty based on schedule-adjusted, positional defensive ranking. Top DEF = 1, bottom DEF = 32.

2019 Game Stats

Week	Opp	Rec	RecYds	RecTD	Tgts	YPR	RuAtt	RuYds	RuTD	Fum	YPC	STD	PPR	Snaps	%
1	@CAR	2	39	0	6	19.50	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.9	5.9	71/77	92.2%
2	NO	3	74	1	4	24.67	1	2	0	0	2.00	13.6	16.6	68/70	97.1%
3	@CLE	8	112	0	12	14.00	1	8	0	0	8.00	12.0	20.0	59/66	89.4%
4	TB	6	71	0	9	11.83	0	0	0	0	0.00	7.1	13.1	88/98	89.8%
5	@SEA	1	29	0	3	29.00	1	27	0	0	27.00	5.6	6.6	46/72	63.9%
6	SF	3	18	0	3	6.00	2	14	0	0	7.00	3.2	6.2	52/53	98.1%
7	@ATL	4	59	0	7	14.75	0	0	0	0	0.00	5.9	9.9	59/76	77.6%
8	CIN	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0.0	3/62	4.8%
9	BYE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
10	@PIT	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11	CHI	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
12	BAL	2	32	0	4	16.00	1	1	0	0	1.00	3.3	5.3	42/54	77.8%
13	@ARI	2	24	0	2	12.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.4	4.4	61/79	77.2%
14	SEA	0	0	0	2	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0.0	27/70	38.6%
15	@DAL	4	46	0	8	11.50	0	0	0	0	0.00	4.6	8.6	52/73	71.2%
16	@SF	4	39	1	6	9.75	0	0	0	0	0.00	9.9	13.9	41/70	58.6%
17	ARI	3	40	0	5	13.33	0	0	0	0	0.00	4.0	7.0	49/82	59.8%
Per game		3.00	41.64	0.14	5.14	13.88	0.43	3.71	0	0	8.67	5.39	8.39	51.29/71.57	71.15%
Totals		42	583	2	72	13.88	6	52	0	0	8.67	75.5	117.5	718/1002	71.15%