James Cook III for Kyle Pitts Sr. (2026)
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James Cook III RB - BUF  James Cook III RB - BUF | Kyle Pitts Sr. TE - ATL  Kyle Pitts Sr. TE - ATL |  | |
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| Rankings | |||
| Rest of Season | # 10 | # 87 | - |
| Draft | ‐ | ‐ | - |
| Matchup | |||
| Opponent | at HOU | at PIT | - |
| Matchup Rating | This is a 3 star matchup. RBs perform close to their average vs HOU | This is a 3 star matchup. TEs perform close to their average vs PIT | - |
| Fantasy Points | |||
| Season Total | 269.2 | 122.8 | - |
| Avg Game | 15.8 | 7.2 | - |
| Schedule | |||
| SOS Rank | 30 | 19 | - |
| Misc | |||
| Injury Alert | ‐ | ‐ | - |
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James Cook III RB - BUF James Cook III RB - BUF | Kyle Pitts Sr. TE - ATL Kyle Pitts Sr. TE - ATL | |
| 2026 Schedule | ||
| Week 1 | at HOU | at PIT |
| Week 2 | vs. DET | vs. CAR |
| Week 3 | vs. LAC | at GB |
| Week 4 | vs. NE | at NO |
| Week 5 | at LAR | vs. BAL |
| Week 6 | at LV | vs. CHI |
| Week 7 | BYE WEEK | vs. SF |
| Week 8 | vs. BAL | at TB |
| Week 9 | at MIN | vs. CIN |
| Week 10 | at NYJ | vs. KC |
| Week 11 | vs. MIA | BYE WEEK |
| Week 12 | vs. KC | at MIN |
| Week 13 | at NE | vs. DET |
| Week 14 | at GB | at CLE |
| Week 15 | vs. CHI | at WAS |
| Week 16 | at DEN | vs. TB |
| Week 17 | at MIA | vs. NO |
| Week 18 | vs. NYJ | at CAR |
James Cook III RB - BUF James Cook III RB - BUF | Kyle Pitts Sr. TE - ATL Kyle Pitts Sr. TE - ATL | |
| 2025 Points | ||
| Week 1 | 16.2 | 5.9 |
| Week 2 | 25.5 | 3.7 |
| Week 3 | 17.8 | 3.9 |
| Week 4 | 19.5 | 13.0 |
| Week 5 | 4.9 | ‐ |
| Week 6 | 8.7 | 1.8 |
| Week 7 | ‐ | 6.2 |
| Week 8 | 33.6 | 5.9 |
| Week 9 | 12.5 | 3.8 |
| Week 10 | 5.7 | 3.8 |
| Week 11 | 17.4 | 1.4 |
| Week 12 | 18.9 | 2.5 |
| Week 13 | 15.7 | 8.2 |
| Week 14 | 9.1 | 9.0 |
| Week 15 | 29.1 | 34.6 |
| Week 16 | 25.4 | 11.7 |
| Week 17 | 7.7 | 1.6 |
| Week 18 | 1.5 | 5.8 |
| Total | 269.2 | 122.8 |
| Average | 15.8 | 7.2 |
James Cook III RB - BUF James Cook III RB - BUF | Kyle Pitts Sr. TE - ATL Kyle Pitts Sr. TE - ATL | |
| Expert | ||
| Pat Fitzmaurice FantasyPros | Kyle Pitts entered the 2025 season with the reputation of being a perennial fantasy tease. The former No. 3 overall draft pick tried to rehabilitate his image with 88 catches for 928 yards and five touchdowns last year, good for a TE2 finish in half-point PPR fantasy scoring. Pitts scored three of his five touchdowns and had his only 100-yard game of the season in Week 15, when he erupted for 11 catches, 166 yards and three scores vs. the Buccaneers. It was Pitts' best season since his 1,026-yard rookie campaign in 2021. The Falcons don't have a lot of firepower at wide receiver beyond Drake London, so Pitts could very well be Atlanta's No. 2 target earner this season. And while the QB duo of Michael Penix and Tua Tagovailoa doesn't seem very appealing, it's worth remembering that Mike Gesicki and Jonnu Smith had the best fantasy seasons of their careers with Tua as their primary QB. | |
| Andrew Erickson FantasyPros | James Cook led the NFL in rushing yards in 2025 (1,621). He finished as the RB6 in PPG and RB6 in total points scored. At 26 years old, the Bills RB is in his Uber Prime. He is improving every single season. And he has yet to be fully unlocked as a receiver despite being heavily touted as a pass-catcher coming out of Georgia. If Cook gets unleashed on all three downs under a new HC, he could flirt with an RB1 overall status as the engine to the Bills' offense. The 200-pound back has a 44-catch and 445 receiving yards season on his resume, which only Bijan Robinson, Jahmyr Gibbs, Christian McCaffery, and De'Von Achane hit last season with 1,000 rushing yards to boot. | |
| Derek Brown FantasyPros | Well, so much for all of the regression talk about James Cook last year. Cook crushed all of the haters, improving his stock as the RB6 in fantasy points per game. He led the NFL in rushing yards (1,621) while finishing third in rushing attempts and sixth in rushing touchdowns (tied). Cook had 14 total touchdowns compared to the 18 that he spiked in the previous season. Cook remained extremely efficient as a rusher, ranking 15th in explosive run rate and 11th in yards after contact per attempt (per Fantasy Points Data). His passing game usage was nearly identical to the previous season, with 40 targets (38 targets in 2024) and 8.8 yards per reception (8.1 in 2024). We can quibble about where Cook sits in the RB1 rankings in 2026, but he remains a rock-solid RB1 in one of the best offenses in the NFL. | Last year, Kyle Pitts had a tale of two seasons. Yes, overall it was a wonderful year as the TE5 in fantasy points per game and easily his best statistical season since his rookie year, but it was wildly different with Drake London in and out of the lineup. Without London, Pitts had a 26.7% target share with 84.4 receiving yards per game, 2.81 yards per route run, a 27.8% first-read share, 0.120 first downs per route run, and 19 fantasy points per game (per Fantasy Points Data). Those are all elite numbers, and if Pitts had put up those stats all year, especially the fantasy points per game, he would have been the TE1 for fantasy. The problem is that with Drake London active, Pitts had a 19% target share, 42.2 receiving yards per game, 1.43 yards per route run, a 20.2% first-read share, 0.093 first downs per route run, and 9.6 fantasy points per game. All of those per route metrics were still quite strong, but the fantasy points per game mark would have made Pitts the TE20 last year. With Kevin Stefanski in town and a passing attack that boils down to London and Pitts at the top alongside Bijan Robinson, the reality of Pitts' 2026 projection falls somewhere in the middle of all of this. He's a strong TE1 that still has top-five upside if Tua Tagovailoa and Michael Penix Jr. can give Atlanta at least league-average quarterback play all season. |
| Chris Welsh FantasyPros | #2 in Rush Yards Over expected at 1.14 (NFLSavant) | |
