Brandin Cooks Week 6 Outlook - Cowboys at Patriots

By Pat Fitzmaurice (FantasyPros), Thu, Oct 14th 2021, 8:31am EDT

Kudos to Chris Moore and Chris Conley on their touchdowns last week, but Cooks is still the only Texans receiver who matters for fantasy. The return of Nico Collins from a shoulder injury either this week or next could change that, but we'll need to see something from Collins first. Cooks was held to 3-23-0 on five targets last week, and he's been held under 50 yards in two straight. Is it really a surprise that Bill Belichick and the Patriots, notorious for scheming to erase an opponent's top offensive weapon, chose to focus on Cooks? He's the Texans' most dangerous playmaker by far - their only one, really - and now he's due to make some plays. Cooks will be facing a Colts defense that's had trouble with small, fast receivers, giving up 4-100-2 to Tyler Lockett in Week 1 and 9-125-2 to Tyler Lockett in Week 5. Regard Cooks as a high-end WR3 this week. He's worth considering in DraftKings contests at an affordable $5,800.