James Cook

Cook enters his fourth NFL season as one of the trickiest evaluations in fantasy. On one hand, Cook operates in a three-headed committee (albeit as the starter), which limited his carries (19th among RBs last season), targets (34th), touches (22nd) and total yardage (21st) last season. On the other, he's an explosive playmaker (4.87 YPC) in an elite offense who tied for the NFL lead 16 rushing touchdowns in 16 regular season games last season. Cook is obviously a strong bet for touchdown regression to the mean (especially considering he had nine TDs during his first two seasons), but the 25-year-old gets enough run in a great offense to produce starting-caliber fantasy numbers. Value him as a fringe top-15 back.

Cook ran for nine touchdowns on plays where the Bills needed six or more yards to score. That tied Saquon Barkley this season and Derrick Henry in 2019 for the most by a running back in a season that far away from scoring since 2008.
Cook only played in 47.5% of the Bills’ offensive snaps last season, losing most third-down and two-minute drill work to Ty Johnson and around two drives per game to Ray Davis.
The Bills retained their entire starting offensive line, where all five players played at least 1,100 snaps last season, including the playoffs. Their line graded above average in run blocking.