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Brandin Cooks or Isiah Pacheco

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Brandin Cooks

Brandin Cooks

WR • Houston Texans HOU
Isiah Pacheco

Isiah Pacheco

RB • Kansas City Chiefs KC
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Brandin Cooks
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REC YDS AVG LONG TD
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Season stats based on the past 7 days

REC YDS AVG LONG TD
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Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Isiah Pacheco
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ATT YDS AVG TD REC YDS TD
12957.90160
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ATT YDS AVG TD REC YDS TD
12957.90160
Season stats based on the past 14 days
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 Isiah Pacheco
REDZONE
WK OPP ATT TAR REC
1 @ARI 🔓 🔓 🔓
2 LAC 🔓 🔓 🔓
3 @IND 🔓 🔓 🔓
4 @TB 🔓 🔓 🔓
5 LV 🔓 🔓 🔓
6 BUF 🔓 🔓 🔓
7 @SF 🔓 🔓 🔓
9 BYE 🔓 🔓 🔓
10 TEN 🔓 🔓 🔓
11 JAC 🔓 🔓 🔓
12 @LAC 🔓 🔓 🔓
13 LAR 🔓 🔓 🔓
14 @CIN 🔓 🔓 🔓
15 @DEN 🔓 🔓 🔓
16 @HOU 🔓 🔓 🔓
17 SEA 🔓 🔓 🔓
18 DEN 🔓 🔓 🔓
20 @LV 🔓 🔓 🔓

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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 Isiah Pacheco
OWN
96%
-2.93 compared to last week
START
59%
-0.39 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Brandin Cooks
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Isiah Pacheco
Not Ranked
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 Isiah Pacheco

    Overview

  • Just about every team utilizies the dreaded 'running backs by comittee' policy. Two solid #1 starters are hard to find.
  • Experts don't even rank him among RB'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 132.10 total points (7.34 avg).
  • Currently 149.9 points behind the leader: Austin Ekeler
  • Average points in the past two weeks have increased by 2.8 PPG.

    • Receiving Stats

  • Top 75 in receptions, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 63rd among RB.
  • Top 75 in targets, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 69th among RB.
  • Top 100 in Rec TDs with 0, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 76th among RB.
  • Top 20 in red zone attempts and is currently ranked 19th among RB.

    • Rushing Stats

  • Top 25 in rush attempts with 182 (10.11 per game) and is currently ranked 30th among RB.
  • Top 20 in rush yards with 925 (51.39 per game) and is currently ranked 19th among RB.
  • Top 35 in rush tds with 5 (0.28 per game) and is currently ranked 26th among RB.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 18 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Rush Yards: +925, Rush AVG: +5.1 Rush TDs: +5, Receptions: +14, Rec Yards: +136 Rec TDs: EVEN,
  • 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

  • RUSH ATT: 100, RUSH YDS: 417, RUSH TDS: 3, REC: 22, REC YDS: 169, REC TDS: 1
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Brandin Cooks

No Injury Reported

Injury Isiah Pacheco

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 Isiah Pacheco

Week 3
Kansas City Chiefs @ Indianapolis Colts

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
25.12349.7124104430.02
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 14th with 116.00 total points (6.82 avg).
  • Currently 70 points behind the leader: Patriots DST
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 6.8.

Defensive Stats

  • Ranked 21st in rush defense with 2109 (124.06 per game).
  • Ranked 13th in pass defense with 3836 (225.65 per game).
  • One of the worst in points against with 25.12 per game and currently ranked 26th among DST.
  • Top 14 in Total TDs with 3 (0.18 per game) and currently ranked 14th among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: +103.71, Turnovers: +18 Sacks: +31, INTs: +6, TDs: +2, Points Allowed: +1.12,
  • 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: 15, TDS: 5, PA/G: 22.8, YDS/G: 364.6
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Brandin Cooks
13.33
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Isiah Pacheco
9.02
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 Isiah Pacheco
RUSH RECEIVING
YEAR TEAM GP ATT YD AVG TD TGTS REC YD AVG TD
2022 KC 16 162 766 4.7 4 14 13 130 10.0 0
3-YEAR AVG 8 81 383 4.7 2 7 7 65 10.0 0
Totals 18 182 925 5.1 5 15 14 136 9.7 0
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