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Amari Cooper

WR, Cowboys

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Amari Cooper had a good year despite only playing four full games with Dak Prescott. Dak is now back, which is great for Cooper. In his four games with Dak (not counting week 5 when Dak got hurt and missed most of the second half), Cooper had 37 catches for 401 yards and 1 touchdown. That would be 148 catches for 1,604 yards and 4 touchdowns in 16 games. While the touchdowns aren’t great, the catches and yards are incredible and would put Cooper in the elite tier of wide receivers. Those numbers aren’t likely to be sustainable, but they demonstrate just how good Amari Cooper was before Dak Prescott got hurt last year. The biggest problem for Cooper is that there are too many mouths to feed in Dallas. CeeDee Lamb had a great rookie year, and he should take a step forward in year two like most young receivers. With Lamb looking like he has a chance to be a stud receiver, it’ll be very hard for Cooper to see the same volume he has become used to. The Cowboys have Michael Gallup and Ezekiel Elliott in addition to those two, so Cooper will likely take a step back from what he was in the first four games of last year. The Cowboys offense will be so good that Cooper will continue to get solid volume, but his ceiling is still at least partially limited. Cooper also has a foot injury that has been keeping him out of training camp, and his return date has continuously been pushed back. That means there’s a chance that he’s not ready for the story of the season or that the Cowboys rush him onto the field and he gets re-injured.

Standard Analytics-Based Projected Points: 170

PPR Analytics-Based Projected Points: 260.3

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