re: NFL.com, "Saints will have 6th best offense. Pats/Steelers look scary"

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Fair if you think losing cooks is big.

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looking at it casually, I could see where an outsider might make that call. But I'd say he's wrong...

Cooks was a mirage, fool's gold. No offense to the guy.
He's a glorified Devery Henderson, who was basically a role player in the Brees/Payton scheme. Henderson had less yards than Cooks, but at the time, we had a healthy and prime Colston. Cooks didn't play alongside that. But now, I think Thomas takes the Colston role, and the deep route guy (whoever that ends up being) will get less looks. If it was still Cooks, I would expect his numbers to drop off too. Thomas will get more, and the backs will get more runs and screens.

Cooks went the wrong team for him, I think he'd have fit the Raiders much better.