Brandin Cooks
WR
San Francisco 49ers
- Teammate Christian McCaffrey (a top target) is questionable.
- Teammate Mike Evans (a top target) is questionable.
A hurt top target or lead back nudges the projection up a little, since their work tends to shift to teammates. QB and offensive-line flags are shown for context but do not change the number.
This is how WRs have played against the Cardinals in the 2026 season.
WR3 = the third-highest-scoring WR against Cardinals in each game, not a fixed depth-chart spot.
| Wk | Team | Player | Tgt | Rec | ReYd | ReTD | FPts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  LAC | Quentin Johnston | 6 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 3.7 |
| 2 |  SEA | Cooper Kupp | 2 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 4.0 |
| Average | 4.0 | 2.0 | 18.5 | 0.0 | 3.9 | ||
| Median | 4.0 | 2.0 | 18.5 | 0.0 | 3.9 | ||
| High | 6 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 4.0 | ||
| Low | 2 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 3.7 | ||
Averages are raw, outliers are never removed.
How Brandin Cooks should do vs the CardinalsSeason log, the group you pick, and a projection
Season so far, compared with what the group you pick below has done against the Cardinals, plus a projection for this game.
What is this table?
Rows at the top are every game Brandin Cooks has played this season, using the same stat columns as the table above.
Compare against picks which group of Cardinals opponents to line them up with: the best WR they faced in each game (1), the second best (2), the third best (3), or all of the top three. Nobody knows which slot Brandin Cooks will land in this week, so this is your call, not a guess.
Cardinals avg is the average line of that group. Difference is that minus Brandin Cooks's own average: green means the defense gives that slot more than Brandin Cooks usually produces.
Projected is Brandin Cooks's recent-weighted average scaled by how generous the Cardinals were to the slot you picked. Change the slot and the projected points change, because each slot has a different matchup adjustment. Picking Top 3 uses the usual-role projection.
| Wk | Opp | Tgt | Rec | ReYd | ReTD | FPts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | DEN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 5 | SEA | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7.7 |
| 6 | WAS | 2 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 2.3 |
| 7 | ATL | 3 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 2.3 |
| Cooks avg | 2.0 | 0.8 | 8.3 | 0.3 | 3.1 | |
| Cardinals WR3 avg | 4.0 | 2.0 | 18.5 | 0.0 | 3.9 | |
| Difference | +2.0 | +1.3 | +10.3 | -0.3 | +0.8 | |
Difference is what the defense allows minus what Cooks averages (green = defense gives up more). Projected stats scale the player's averages by the matchup adjustment, so they are a rough guide.
InsightsPlain-English takeaways from the table
- WR3s have averaged 2.0 receptions, 18.5 receiving yards and 0.0 receiving TDs against the Cardinals across 2 games.
- The Cardinals allow 3.9 PPR points to WR3s, -14% versus the league average of 4.5 (ranked 21 of 32, where 1 is most generous). That is a tough matchup.
- 0 of 2 games reached 10+ PPR points. Scores range from 3.7 to 4.0 (median 3.9).
- WR3s scored a touchdown in 0 of 2 games (0%).
- Small sample: only 2 games so far. Treat these numbers as directional, not settled.
Insights are generated by rules from the table above and recalculate every week.