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Brandin Cooks or Kenny Pickett

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Brandin Cooks

Brandin Cooks

WR • Houston Texans HOU
Kenny Pickett

Kenny Pickett

QB • Pittsburgh Steelers PIT
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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 Kenny Pickett
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WK OPP ATT TAR REC
1 @CIN 🔓 🔓 🔓
2 NE 🔓 🔓 🔓
3 @CLE 🔓 🔓 🔓
4 NYJ 🔓 🔓 🔓
5 @BUF 🔓 🔓 🔓
6 TB 🔓 🔓 🔓
7 @MIA 🔓 🔓 🔓
8 @PHI 🔓 🔓 🔓
10 BYE 🔓 🔓 🔓
11 NO 🔓 🔓 🔓
12 CIN 🔓 🔓 🔓
13 @IND 🔓 🔓 🔓
14 @ATL 🔓 🔓 🔓
15 BAL 🔓 🔓 🔓
16 @CAR 🔓 🔓 🔓
17 LV 🔓 🔓 🔓
18 @BAL 🔓 🔓 🔓

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Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Brandin Cooks
OWN
70%
-2.62 compared to last week
START
25%
-3.32 compared to last week
OWN/START Kenny Pickett
OWN
22%
+1.75 compared to last week
START
 
9%
+1.15 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Brandin Cooks
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Kenny Pickett
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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 Kenny Pickett

    Overview

  • A good quarterback can mean the world of difference in such a pass heavy league.
  • Experts don't even rank him among QB'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 29th with 149.86 total points (8.82 avg).
  • Currently 287.66 points behind the leader: Josh Allen
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 8.8.

    • QB Stats

  • Top 25 in pass yards with 2404 (141.41 per game) and is currently ranked 24th among QB.
  • Top 25 in pass tds with 7 (0.41 per game) and is currently ranked 35th among QB.
  • Top 20 in interceptions with 9 (0.53 per game) and is currently ranked 20th.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 17 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Yards: +2404, TDs: +7, INTs: +9
  • 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

  • PASS YDS: 1732, PASS TDS: 10, RUSH YDS: 92, RUSH TDS: 1
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Brandin Cooks

No Injury Reported

Injury Kenny Pickett

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 Kenny Pickett

Week 3
Pittsburgh Steelers @ Cleveland Browns

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
22.41343.8820113440.86
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 20th with 108.00 total points (6.35 avg).
  • Currently 78 points behind the leader: Patriots DST
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 6.4.

Defensive Stats

  • Ranked 25th in rush defense with 2299 (135.24 per game).
  • Top 6 in pass defense with 3547 (208.65 per game) and is currently ranked 5th among DST.
  • Top 16 in points against with 22.41 per game and currently ranked 16th among DST.
  • Top 6 in Total TDs with 4 (0.24 per game) and currently ranked 6th among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: +94.21, Turnovers: +10 Sacks: +25, INTs: +5, TDs: +3, Points Allowed: -7.76,
  • 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: 43, INT: 14, TDS: 2, PA/G: 23.2, YDS/G: 331
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Brandin Cooks
13.33
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Kenny Pickett
2.90
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 Kenny Pickett
PASS RUSH
YR TM GP YD CMP% TD INT RAT YD TD FUM
2022 PIT 12 2209 64% 6 9 76.5 236 3 1
3-YEAR AVG 6 1105 64% 3 5 76.5 118 2 1
Totals 13 2404 63% 7 9 76.7 237 3 1
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