James Cook

Week 16 vs. New England Patriots
In a Week 14 game that turned into a passing-fest, James Cook ended up handling only six carries, turning them into 20 scoreless yards. The good news: those six carries were 100% of the running back carries. The bad news: he scored 3.9 fantasy points while his team scored 42 real-life points.

He predictably turned things around last week, earning 133 total yards and two rushing touchdowns, bringing his total to 13 on the year. The Patriots rank dead last in RB aFPA, which means Cook should be considered a fantasy RB1.

Week 14 @ Los Angeles Rams
Since James Cook's mid-season toe injury, he has been crushing in fantasy, based largely on the amount of times (seven) he's seen the end zone over his last six games. It's not always a great sign when so much of a player's production comes from touchdowns, but he has 11 rush attempts from within the opponent's 10-yard-line over that span, the ninth-most among running backs, as the team continues to feed him close to the goal-line. He also has two games with six targets over the last month, which keeps him from bottoming-out if he doesn't find paydirt. Consider him a fringe RB1/2 in Week 14, with upside for more.

Week 11 vs. Kansas City Chiefs
James Cook came off the injury report in Week 7 and saw a much smaller role than we were used to, though he did find the end zone to salvage the day. We could be scared that he will continue to lose more work to Ray Davis, but the team also cruised to a 34-10 win over the Titans, so it's hard to put too much stock into that. In the following three weeks, he handled 19.3 opportunities per game, tallying 287 total yards and three touchdowns. This matchup against the Chiefs is far tougher than recent matchups, but that just means he's more of a middle-of-the-pack RB2.