Why Saints WR Brandin Cooks Will Be Fantasy Football’s Top Rookie WR in 2014

August 13, 2014   ·   Gary Davenport   ·   Jump to comments

In fantasy football, more often than not, the leading rookie wide receiver isn't whom people expect. Very few people, experts and amateurs alike, believed heading into last season that player would wind up being Keenan Allen of the San Diego Chargers.
Even the great A.J. Green of the Cincinnati Bengals, who led all rookie receivers back in 2011, was picked second among wideouts in rookie drafts that year, behind the equally great Julio Jones.
In 2014, an incredibly deep class of first-year wide receivers has led to any number of viable candidates, with Sammy Watkins of the Buffalo Bills emerging as the first rookie receiver being drafted, according to the average-draft-position data at My Fantasy League.
However, it's the player roaring up draft boards behind him who is the best bet to lead rookie wide receivers in fantasy points in 2014, because for Brandin Cooks of the New Orleans Saints, the stars are aligning for talent and opportunity to come together.
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