re: Still really wished we would have drafted DeAnthony Thomas

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Honestly I don't even think cooks was even good

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Well that is ridiculous. He wasn't the deep threat we wanted early in the year, but he was a 1st down machine. He was beating teams deep at the time of his injury too.

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There were plenty of other WRs we could have gotten that are just as if not more productive than he has been this year

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Weren't many at the point he was injured.

At the time of his injury (week 11), Brees has a 111 Rating when throwing his direction (3rd best among rookies). Had a drop rate of 3.64 (2nd best among rookies).

He caught 81.5% of the passes thrown his way (best in NFL)

We also expanded his role once Stills came back, and he was consistently getting behind defenses the last few games. 4 deep balls in the last 3 games (4th most in the NFL in that period) with 121 yards and 2 TDs on 3 catches. He did drop 1 TD though

If anything, he showed that he's a much better possession receiver than I thought he would be.