The Facts: As impressive as Michael Thomas has been in recent days, and as solid as Willie Snead has looked so far in camp, ESPN.com's Mike Triplett believes Cooks is still poised to be the Saints' most dynamic playmaker after his sizzling finish last season (eight touchdowns and four games with 100-plus yards from scrimmage over the final nine games).
Diehards Line:
Cooks, still just 22 until September, has emerged as a top-10 fantasy receiver after catching 84 passes for 1,138 yards and nine touchdowns last season. The blazing-fast, 5-10, 189-pounder really started to get into a nice deep-ball rhythm with quarterback Drew Brees during his sophomore NFL season last year, with TD catches of 71, 60, 54 and 38 yards over that nine-game stretch. Those deep TD catches have continued to pop up almost daily in training camp. And that fits the expectations that go with Cooks' high-end ADP.