Yahoo Fantasy Football - Josh & Hayden on James Cook

Fade in the first round due to limited target volume and competition

Hayden Winks is fading James Cook in the first round; while Cook was the RB6 per game last year, his 16 half-PPR points per game trailed the top five RBs by two to five points. Winks argues Cook lacks the target volume to compete with elite RBs like Christian McCaffrey, Jonathan Taylor, Bijan Robinson, and Jahmyr Gibbs, and doubts his receiving role will expand given the health of Dalton Kincaid and the addition of Keon Coleman. The source prefers drafting Justin Jefferson over Cook, though notes taking two RBs at the turn is a viable alternative.

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