Brandin Cooks
2025 Season Outlooks
Cooks struggled to find consistency in an inconsistent Cowboys pass game in 2024 and his playing time dropped significantly as Dallas moved to heavier personnel packages. Cooks saw 29 total touches and played under 40% of the Cowboys' snaps in 2024 -- both barely cracked the top 100 among all receivers. He joins the Saints for the 2025 season and New Orleans has an open depth chart for targets after Chris Olave, but more uncertainty in the pass game after Derek Carr retired. A rookie in Tyler Shough could be at the helm at QB. Cooks is not worth drafting in any format.
Cooks reunited with the Saints -- the team that drafted him in 2014 -- after bouncing around the league (four stops) since departing New Orleans in 2017. The former first-round pick has had his stretches of WR2 production (seven of 11 seasons have resulted in a top-25 finish in fantasy PPG), but he hasn't had a finish better than 37th since 2021 and he fell to a career-low 76th in 2024. Now 31 years old, Cooks is expected to slide in as the Saints' No. 3 receiver behind Chris Olave and Rashid Shaheed. He'll likely see a handful of targets most weeks, but consistent fantasy output is a long shot, especially with Spencer Rattler and/or rookie Tyler Shough under center. Cooks is worth consideration only in the late rounds.
2025 Fantasy Football Rankings
Standard
#298
PPR
#303
Half-PPR
#305
Superflex
#298
2025 Fantasy Football Draft Projections
| Rush Yds | Rush TD | Rec | Rec Yds | Rec TD | 26.0 | 288.6 | 2.2 |
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2025 Average Draft Position (ADP)
Standard
#308
Pick 26.08
PPR
#374
Pick 32.02
Half-PPR
#345
Pick 29.09
Superflex
#319
Pick 27.07
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