FanDuel Price: $6,800
Salary Change: Down $500
To say Brandin Cooks disappointed in Week 12 would be a major understatement.
Despite the Saints scoring 49 points, Cooks didn’t receive a single target and finished the game with 0.0 FanDuel points. Cooks expressed his frustration with his role in the Saints’ offense, so there will likely be a more concerted effort to get the ball into Cooks’ hands against the Lions.
Before his goose egg, Cooks was establishing himself as an elite wide receiver when playing at the Superdome:
| 2016 | G | YPG | YPC | TD | FD Pts/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 6 | 78.5 | 21.4 | 5 | 15.0 |
We know Cooks is a boom-or-bust player with the capability of scoring four times his salary on FanDuel, so he’s always an elite tournament option when playing at home.
With his teammate Michael Thomas scoring two touchdowns last week (and winning DFS players tons of money in the process), Cooks will go under-owned in GPPs this weekend. While everyone else’s recency bias will cause them to stack Brees and Thomas, the winning formula this weekend is instead pairing Brees with Cooks.