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Brandin Cooks or Chimere Dike

Who Should I Start? - Week 7 • Start New
Brandin Cooks

Brandin Cooks

WR • San Francisco 49ers SF
Chimere Dike

Chimere Dike

WR • Tennessee Titans TEN
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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Cooks over Dike

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

Cooks ... NAN%

BOTH ... NAN%

PROJECTION
FPTS: 5.96
REC REC YD REC TD FPTS
1.9 27 0.2 5.96
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Outlook Brandin Cooks

Brandin Cooks at Atlanta — Veteran Steps Into Starting Duties Amid Receiver Injuries

With Mike Evans and Deebo Samuel Sr. both ruled out, Brandin Cooks is slated to step in as San Francisco's primary perimeter X receiver this week. While the veteran wideout joined the active roster recently, he has already scored a touchdown and earned praise in practice as the 49ers navigate several injuries.

Even with expanded playing time in an appealing dome matchup featuring shootout potential, Cooks remains a volatile fantasy bet. Our models project him for around 2 receptions and 28 receiving yards, keeping him on the fantasy fringe as a deep-league play or speculative DFS dart throw rather than a reliable starting option.

FantasySP AI Analysis Updated 14 hrs ago
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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Dike over Cooks

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

Dike ... NAN%

BOTH ... NAN%

PROJECTION
FPTS: 2.88
REC REC YD REC TD FPTS
1.2 11.1 0.1 2.88
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Brandin Cooks
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REC YDS AVG LONG TD
11313.0130
Season stats based on the past 7 days

REC YDS AVG LONG TD
22010.0131
Season stats based on the past 14 days
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REC YDS AVG LONG TD
00000
Season stats based on the past 7 days

REC YDS AVG LONG TD
3289.3130
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Redzone Touches
Redzone Touches Brandin Cooks
REDZONE
WK OPP ATT TAR REC
4 @LAR 🔓 🔓 🔓
5 MIA 🔓 🔓 🔓
6 ARI 🔓 🔓 🔓

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Redzone Touches Chimere Dike
REDZONE
WK OPP ATT TAR REC
1 NYJ 🔓 🔓 🔓
2 PHI 🔓 🔓 🔓
3 @NYG 🔓 🔓 🔓
4 @BAL 🔓 🔓 🔓
5 HOU 🔓 🔓 🔓
6 @IND 🔓 🔓 🔓

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Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Brandin Cooks
OWN
 
4%
-1.63 compared to last week
START
 
0%
-1.64 compared to last week
OWN/START Chimere Dike
OWN
 
1%
+0.45 compared to last week
START
 
0%
+0.3 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Brandin Cooks
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Chimere Dike
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 115th with 8.00 total points (2.67 avg).
  • Currently 107.86 points behind the leader: Jaxon Smith-Njigba
  • He has missed playing in at least 2 games but is not listed on the injury report as of today. Check out his player news to see if he has any nagging injuries.
  • Average points in the past two weeks have increased by 1.3 PPG.

    • Receiving Stats

  • Ranked 140th in targets and is currently among WR.
  • Top 75 in Rec TDs with 1, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 66th among WR.

    • Rushing Stats

  • Top 100 in rush yards with 0 (0.00 per game), though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 79th among WR.
  • Top 50 in rush tds with 0 (0.00 per game) and is currently ranked 38th among WR.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 3 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Receptions: -11, Rec Yards: -104 Rec TDs: +1,
Breakdown Chimere Dike

    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 161st with 1.30 total points (0.22 avg).
  • Currently 114.56 points behind the leader: Jaxon Smith-Njigba
  • Average points in the past two weeks have increased by 1.2 PPG.

    • Receiving Stats

  • Ranked 123rd in targets and is currently among WR.

    • Rushing Stats

  • Top 75 in rush yards with 0 (0.00 per game), though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 58th among WR.
  • Top 15 in rush tds with 0 (0.00 per game) and is currently ranked 13th among WR.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Receptions: -3, Rec Yards: +27 Rec TDs: EVEN,
  • You do realize that this guy has no receiving touchdowns right?

    • Season Outlook

  • REC: 34, REC YDS: 300, REC TDS: 3
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Brandin Cooks

No Injury Reported

Injury Chimere Dike

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Brandin Cooks

Week 7
San Francisco 49ers @ Atlanta Falcons

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
25.50351.83511513.55
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 22nd with 30.00 total points (5.00 avg).
  • Currently 29 points behind the leader: Vikings DST
  • Average points in the past two weeks have increased by 3 PPG.

Defensive Stats

  • Top 6 in rush defense with 499 (83.17 per game) and is currently ranked 6th among DST.
  • Ranked 30th in pass defense with 1612 (268.67 per game).
  • One of the worst in points against with 25.50 per game and currently ranked 25th among DST.
  • Top 2 in Total TDs with 1 (0.17 per game) and currently ranked 2nd among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: +81.43, Turnovers: -3 Sacks: +1, INTs: -4, TDs: +1, Points Allowed: +5.5,

Season Outlook

  • SACK: 51, INT: 13, TDS: 3, PA/G: 25.1, YDS/G: 347.1
Matchups Chimere Dike

Week 7
Tennessee Titans VS Cleveland Browns

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
20.33339.67741904.20
Compare to same point last season

Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 4th among DST's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 12th with 39.00 total points (6.50 avg).
  • Currently 20 points behind the leader: Vikings DST
  • He is putting up close to the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Average points in the past two weeks have increased by 2.5 PPG.

Defensive Stats

  • Ranked 19th in rush defense with 674 (112.33 per game).
  • Ranked 15th in pass defense with 1364 (227.33 per game).
  • Top 2 in sacks with 19 (3.17 per game) and currently ranked 2nd among DST.
  • Top 10 in points against with 20.33 per game and currently ranked 9th among DST.
  • Currently ranked 23rd 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: +61.34, Turnovers: +3 Sacks: +5, INTs: +2, TDs: EVEN, Points Allowed: -4,

Season Outlook

  • SACK: 43, INT: 13, TDS: 3, PA/G: 23.7, YDS/G: 301.4
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Brandin Cooks
0.00
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Chimere Dike
4.99
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 16 133 90 1037 11.5 6 2 21 10.5 0
2022 HOU 13 93 57 699 12.3 3 2 7 3.5 0
2023 DAL 16 81 54 657 12.2 8 5 35 7 0
2024 DAL 10 54 26 259 10.0 3 3 -3 -1 0
2025 NO 13 36 24 279 11.6 0 0 0 0 0
2026 SF 3 5 2 20 10.0 1 0 0 0 0
ON PACE 9 14 6 57 10.0 3 0 0 0 0
3-YEAR AVG 13 60 37 414 11.3 4 3 13 4.2 0
Totals 175 1157 747 9956 13.3 61 59 347 5.9 2
Career Chimere Dike
RECEIVING RUSH
YEAR TEAM GP TGTS REC YD AVG TD ATT YD AVG TD
2025 TEN 16 81 53 467 8.8 5 11 18 1.6 0
2026 TEN 4 7 6 53 8.8 0 0 0 0 0
ON PACE 11 20 17 150 8.8 0 0 0 0 0
3-YEAR AVG 9 41 27 234 8.8 3 6 9 1.6 0
Totals 22 88 59 520 8.8 5 11 18 1.6 0
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Week 7
ARI vs DEN
ATL vs SF
BAL vs CIN
BUF vs BYE
CAR vs TB
CHI vs NE
CLE @TEN
DAL @PHI
DET vs GB
HOU vs NYG
IND @MIN
JAC vs BYE
KC @SEA
LAC vs BYE
LAR @LV
MIA @NYJ
NO vs PIT
WAS vs BYE
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BKN vs IND 6:00 PM EST
DET @PHI 7:30 PM EST
LAC @OKC 7:00 PM EST
LAL @UTA 5:00 PM EST
MEM @SAC 9:00 PM EST
MIN vs TOR 7:00 PM EST
NY vs ORL 7:00 PM EST
Matchup Time
CHI vs FLA 3:00 PM EST
COL @NSH 8:00 PM EST
DAL vs NYI 6:00 PM EST
MIN @VAN 10:00 PM EST
MON @WPG 7:00 PM EST