Brandin Cooks Fantasy Week 3: Projections, Points and Stats vs. Cardinals

Dallas Cowboys WR Brandin Cooks will take on the team with last year's 24th-ranked passing defense, the Arizona Cardinals (230.3 yards allowed per game), in Week 3 -- beginning at 4:25 PM ET on Sunday.

For more details on Cooks, if you're considering him for your DFS lineup, read this piece before his upcoming matchup versus the Cardinals.

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Cooks vs. Cardinals Game Info

• Matchup: Dallas Cowboys at Arizona Cardinals
• Game Day: September 24, 2023
• Game Time: 4:25 PM
• Projected Fantasy Points: 7.18
• Projected Receiving Yards: 49.55
• Projected Receiving TDs: 0.37

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Cooks 2022 Fantasy Performance

• Cooks picked up 88.6 fantasy points (6.8 per game), 48th at his position and 132nd in the league.
• In his one game this season so far, Cooks had two receptions on four targets, for 22 yards, and ended up with 2.2 fantasy points.
• Cooks accumulated 16.6 fantasy points -- five catches, 106 yards and one touchdown -- in Week 18 versus the Indianapolis Colts, which was his best game last year.
• In his second-best performance last season, Cooks picked up 11.7 fantasy points -- via seven receptions, 57 yards and one touchdown -- in Week 4 versus the Los Angeles Chargers.
• In what was his worst game of the year, Cooks finished with 2.0 fantasy points -- four receptions, 20 yards, on six targets. That was in Week 5 against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
• In his second-worst game of the year, Cooks ended up with 2.2 fantasy points -- two receptions, 22 yards, on seven targets -- in Week 3 against the Chicago Bears.

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Cardinals Defensive Performance

• Against Arizona last year, two players registered more than 300 passing yards in a game.
• 12 players have thrown for at least one touchdown in a tilt against the Cardinals last year.
• Through the air last season, Arizona allowed at least two passing touchdowns to eight opposing QBs.
• Versus the Cardinals last year, five players threw for at least three touchdowns in a game.
• Through the air, Arizona allowed more than 100 receiving yards to two players last season.
• Against the Cardinals last season, 24 players caught a TD pass.
• Against Arizona last year, five players hauled in more than one touchdown pass in a game.
• In terms of run D, the Cardinals allowed three players to put up more than 100 rushing yards in a game last season.
• Against Arizona last season, 18 players ran for at least one TD.
• The Cardinals gave up at least two rushing TDs on the ground to three players last year.

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