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Brandin Cooks or Jalen Tolbert

Who Should I Start? - Week 3 • Start New
Brandin Cooks

Brandin Cooks

WR • Houston Texans HOU
Jalen Tolbert

Jalen Tolbert

WR • Dallas Cowboys DAL
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Brandin Cooks
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Next Up ❱ Redzone Touches
Redzone Touches Brandin Cooks
REDZONE
WK OPP ATT TAR REC
1 IND 🔓 🔓 🔓
2 @DEN 🔓 🔓 🔓
3 @CHI 🔓 🔓 🔓
4 LAC 🔓 🔓 🔓
5 @JAC 🔓 🔓 🔓
7 BYE 🔓 🔓 🔓
8 @LV 🔓 🔓 🔓
9 TEN 🔓 🔓 🔓
10 PHI 🔓 🔓 🔓
11 @NYG 🔓 🔓 🔓
12 WAS 🔓 🔓 🔓
13 @MIA 🔓 🔓 🔓
14 CLE 🔓 🔓 🔓
15 @DAL 🔓 🔓 🔓
16 KC 🔓 🔓 🔓
17 @TEN 🔓 🔓 🔓
18 JAC 🔓 🔓 🔓

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Redzone Touches Jalen Tolbert
REDZONE
WK OPP ATT TAR REC
1 TB 🔓 🔓 🔓
2 CIN 🔓 🔓 🔓
3 @NYG 🔓 🔓 🔓
4 WAS 🔓 🔓 🔓
5 @LAR 🔓 🔓 🔓
6 @PHI 🔓 🔓 🔓
7 DET 🔓 🔓 🔓
8 CHI 🔓 🔓 🔓
10 BYE 🔓 🔓 🔓
11 @GB 🔓 🔓 🔓
12 @MIN 🔓 🔓 🔓
13 NYG 🔓 🔓 🔓
14 IND 🔓 🔓 🔓
15 HOU 🔓 🔓 🔓
16 @JAC 🔓 🔓 🔓
17 PHI 🔓 🔓 🔓
18 @TEN 🔓 🔓 🔓
19 @WAS 🔓 🔓 🔓
20 🔓 🔓 🔓

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Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Brandin Cooks
OWN
71%
-0.79 compared to last week
START
26%
-3.18 compared to last week
OWN/START Jalen Tolbert
OWN
 
3%
-0.94 compared to last week
START
 
1%
+0.14 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Brandin Cooks
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Jalen Tolbert
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Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Brandin Cooks

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among WR's. Either he is on a bye week or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 49th with 88.60 total points (5.21 avg).
  • Currently 156.68 points behind the leader: Justin Jefferson
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 5.2.

    • Receiving Stats

  • Top 50 in receptions and is currently ranked 46th among WR.
  • Top 50 in targets and is currently ranked 41st among WR.
  • Top 50 in reception yards with 699 and 12.26 YPC and is currently ranked 45th among WR.
  • Top 75 in Rec TDs with 3, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 61st among WR.

    • Rushing Stats

  • Top 75 in rush yards with 7 (0.41 per game), though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 69th among WR.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 15 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Receptions: +43, Rec Yards: +489 Rec TDs: +2,
  • Unfortunately two players have the same exact name and his rating may not be entirely accurate at this point. We are working on fixing situations like this!

    • Season Outlook

  • REC: 89, REC YDS: 1071, REC TDS: 5
Breakdown Jalen Tolbert

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among WR's. Either he is on a bye week or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 210th with 1.20 total points (0.06 avg).
  • Currently 244.08 points behind the leader: Justin Jefferson
  • Not ranked? Either he is on a bye-week or is just not playing very well lately.

    • Receiving Stats

  • Ranked 199th in targets and is currently among WR.

    • Rushing Stats

  • He is top 100 in rush tds with 0 (0.00 per game), though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 96th among WR.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 19 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Receptions: +2, Rec Yards: +12 Rec TDs: EVEN,
  • You do realize that this guy has no receiving touchdowns right?
  • Unfortunately two players have the same exact name and his rating may not be entirely accurate at this point. We are working on fixing situations like this!

    • Season Outlook

  • REC: 50, REC YDS: 657, REC TDS: 4
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Brandin Cooks

No Injury Reported

Injury Jalen Tolbert

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Brandin Cooks

Week 3
Houston Texans @ Chicago Bears

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
27.24383.1823142000.00
Compare to same point last season

Overview

  • Experts don"t even rank him among DST's. Either he is on a bye week or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 32nd with 57.00 total points (3.35 avg).
  • Currently 129 points behind the leader: Patriots DST
  • Decline in numbers lately by 3.4 PPG.

Defensive Stats

  • Ranked 31st in rush defense with 2674 (157.29 per game).
  • Ranked 14th in pass defense with 3840 (225.88 per game).
  • One of the worst in points against with 27.24 per game and currently ranked 32nd among DST.
  • Currently ranked 32nd in Total TDs with 0 (0.00 per game) among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: +98.78, Turnovers: +15 Sacks: +9, INTs: +9, TDs: -1, Points Allowed: +5.64,
  • Unfortunately two players have the same exact name and his rating may not be entirely accurate at this point. We are working on fixing situations like this!

Season Outlook

  • SACK: 39, INT: 12, TDS: 3, PA/G: 25.4, YDS/G: 336.5
Matchups Jalen Tolbert

Week 3
Dallas Cowboys @ New York Giants

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
22.79334.741964220.00
Compare to same point last season

Overview

  • Experts don"t even rank him among DST's. Either he is on a bye week or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 27th with 101.00 total points (5.32 avg).
  • Currently 85 points behind the leader: Patriots DST
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 6.8.

Defensive Stats

  • Ranked 27th in rush defense with 2451 (129.00 per game).
  • Ranked 17th in pass defense with 3909 (205.74 per game).
  • One of the worst in points against with 22.79 per game and currently ranked 28th among DST.
  • Currently ranked 21st in Total TDs with 2 (0.11 per game) among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: -52.01, Turnovers: +14 Sacks: +33, INTs: +3, TDs: +2, Points Allowed: -2.21,
  • Unfortunately two players have the same exact name and his rating may not be entirely accurate at this point. We are working on fixing situations like this!

Season Outlook

  • SACK: 37, INT: 12, TDS: 2, PA/G: 26, YDS/G: 377
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Brandin Cooks
13.33
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Jalen Tolbert
4.92
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Brandin Cooks
RECEIVING RUSH
YEAR TEAM GP TGTS REC YD AVG TD ATT YD AVG TD
2014 NO 10 69 53 550 10.4 3 7 73 10.4 1
2015 NO 16 129 84 1138 13.5 9 8 18 2.3 0
2016 NO 15 117 78 1173 15.0 8 6 30 5 0
2017 NE 16 114 65 1082 16.6 7 9 40 4.4 0
2018 LAR 15 116 80 1204 15.1 5 10 68 6.8 1
2019 LAR 14 72 42 583 13.9 2 6 52 8.7 0
2020 HOU 15 119 81 1150 14.2 6 0 0 0 0
2021 HOU 15 129 87 1011 11.6 6 2 21 10.5 0
2022 HOU 12 87 52 593 11.4 2 2 7 3.5 0
3-YEAR AVG 14 113 74 927 12.5 5 1 9 7 0
Totals 130 962 630 8616 13.7 49 50 309 6.2 2
Career Jalen Tolbert
RECEIVING RUSH
YEAR TEAM GP TGTS REC YD AVG TD ATT YD AVG TD
2022 DAL 2 3 2 12 6.0 0 0 0 0 0
3-YEAR AVG 2 3 2 12 6 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 2 3 2 12 6.0 0 0 0 0 0
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ATL vs LAC 7:30 PM EST
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MON @OTT 7:00 PM EST
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