Jared Cook Week 15 Outlook -

By Mike Tagliere (FantasyPros), Thu, Dec 17th 2020, 8:24am EST

Heading into Week 14, we hadn't seen Cook play more than 38 percent of the stats since way back in Week 8. I'm not sure what changed, but he played 57 percent of snaps in that game, which was his highest mark since way back in Week 2. He's seen nine targets over the last two weeks, turning them into six receptions, 65 yards, and two touchdowns, putting him back on the fantasy radar as a streaming option. The Chiefs have allowed seven different tight ends to finish as the TE13 or better, including Mike Gesicki's eruption last week where he caught five balls for 65 yards and two touchdowns before getting hurt. That was the third tight end they've allowed to post top-five numbers since their bye in Week 10. Based on the competition they've played, they rank as the sixth-best schedule-adjusted matchup for tight ends, as their opponents have averaged 15.6 percent more fantasy points against them than they do in non-Chiefs games. If you want to use the narrative that most do with wide receivers (that they see a lot of targets in comeback mode/garbage time), you can, but unlike wide receivers, it's actually true for tight ends. And when they do get targeted, they average 1.90 PPR points per target, which is the 11th-highest mark in football. Cook has worked his way back into the high-end TE2 conversation.