Hey, everybody. Just want to let you know before we get started, Jacob and I recorded this podcast

before the Amari Cooper story broke, obviously not knowing that he would not play this week.

So you can ignore all of the stats on Amari Cooper, but enjoy the rest of the show. Thanks for listening.

If you're wondering about starting Amari Cooper or Brandon Cooks or even Cadarius, Tony,

we'll give you some advanced stats that might help you make up your mind right now on fantasy football today in five.

Welcome to your weekend edition of FFT and 5.

Adam Azer here with Jacob Gibbs of Sportsline.

Follow him on Twitter at J.A. Gibbs underscore 23 and Sportsline.com. All of his great content you can see there. All right. Amari Cooper has been frustrating this year and we are getting a lot of questions about him. I think people are excited about the potential for a shootout, but it has not always mattered for Amari Cooper. What does matter for Amari?

I think what matters for him in this

matchup specifically that maybe is going a little overlooked is the Kansas City uses a ton of man

coverage. Both these teams do really. I'm really excited for Tyree Kill on the other side of the

ball. And I think both these quarterbacks should find success against these man heavy coverage

schemes, which should lead to a blow like you talked about, shootout like you talked about. Maybe a blow out. I don't know. Maybe. Maybe. Maybe my chiefs Homer isn't there. But Amari has definitely been the guy who DAC has really leaned on when facing man coverage. It's been Amari and Dalton Schultz who have had like really drastic splits versus man or zone. Schultz has been much, much better for his own and Amari's been much, much better versus man. His target per route run rate is up from 18% to 27% when facing man coverage compared to zone. And so it's really an exciting spot for him. I think he is definitely set to just tee off against the corners of the chiefs have on the perimeter there if he's healthy. And then the other thing to mention is that DAC has been way, way better against man coverage since the start of 2021. No quarterback has a higher pass rating versus man coverage than Dak Prescott. So definitely an exciting spot for them. Obviously, you know, everybody knows to play the Cowboys. Everybody's excited for CD-Land and everything. But I think this is a spot that we should

be able to trust him, R. Even though he has been a little bit inconsistent lately. I want to talk about another inconsistent wide receiver, Brandon Cooks. A lot of optimism for him two weeks ago when Terrod Taylor came back and he didn't have a great game at the Dolphins. now he faces Tennessee.

What are you thinking for Brandon Cooks?

I'm really excited for the volume.

It's a huge, great game at the Dolphins. Now he faces Tennessee. What are you thinking for Brandon Cooks?

I'm really excited for the volume. It's usually a volume play with Cooks, but especially in this

spot. The Titans are actually tied for the NFL's highest opponent pass rate, means that their

opponents are choosing to pass more often than any team other than the Bucks, who is who we'll talk about next with Cadarious Tony. And so that's, that's the first reason to get excited is this is just a past funnel defense. And the Texans, you know, they're 10 point underdogs. We saw Tyra Taylor dropped back to pass 50 times in Houston's most recent game. And I think if we see a similar level of volume in this spot, which I think we will,

given the game script and, you know, Tennessee's defensive tendencies,

it's going to be a ton of targets for cooks.

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