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Zain Dhanani fantasy football takes on James Cook
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All Zain Dhanani insights about James Cook
PositiveNewsOct 30, 2026
Let James Cook:PositiveNewsOct 30, 2026
Let James Cook: YPC: 5.36 (4th) Yards before contact/att: 2.47 (2nd) vs 7 or fewer in the box: YPC: 5.93 Yards before contact/att: 2.78 Runs of 10+: 13 Ravens defense: 7 or fewer in the box: 75% (most)PositiveNewsOct 27, 2026
Preparing for Week 8 #FantasyFootball? Hot adds/drops Drop candidates How much for Devin Singletary? Recent Chase Brown trades? Pod available on YT/Apple/Spotify 👇PositiveUsageOct 19, 2026
Bills (at Raiders): Dalton Kincaid was hurt during the game (ribs) but remained in RBs: James Cook: 83% opp share, 54% route share, 100% of i10 rush att, 0% of 2min RB snaps, 20% 3rd down snap share Back to getting James Cook involved in the pass game - he just keeps putting up 20+ points weeks and maybe we should just respect him as a top-6 RB ROS Ty Johnson: 10% opp share, 20% route share, 40% of 2min RB snaps, 60% 3rd down snap share Ray Davis: 7% opp share, 14% route share Just potential...PositiveNewsOct 15, 2026
@​ScottBarrettDFB @​FantasyPtsData Let James Cook:PositiveNewsOct 15, 2026
Let James Cook:PositiveNewsOct 15, 2026
James Cook (97 rush att): Yards before contact/att: 2.79 (2nd) Explosive rate (10+): 20% (1st) Success rate: 58% (3rd) Las Vegas allows: Yards before contact/att: 2.33 (most in the NFL) Explosive run rate: 14% (2nd most) YPC on zone runs: 5.44 (2nd most) Cook in 2025: 24.2 PPR per game when the Bills led most of the game vs 15.8 trailing Bills are -6PositiveUsageOct 14, 2026
I promise you James Cook will still get a very strong workload for anyone who's doubting it right nowPositiveNewsOct 6, 2026
As promised Explosive Rate Over Expected (EROE) outliers: Way Over (good thing - they have juice): James Cook Kenneth Walker Way Under (bad thing): Quinshon Judkins David Montgomery Jacory Croskey-Merritt These players are doing way better/worse than their blocking explainsPositiveNewsOct 4, 2026
Bills abandoned the run - a way teams should attack the Patriots Went back to it and got some big James Cook runs This is without DJ Moore tooPositiveNewsOct 4, 2026
James Cook almost fell at the 1 and we were going to riotPositiveUsageSep 27, 2026
LAC at BUF (Bills) RBs: James Cook - 86.2% opp share, 32.3% route share, 1 of 1 i10 RB rush att, 54.5% of 2-min RB snaps, 4 of 4 RB carries inside the 5 20+ FP in b2b weeks but Josh Allen is vulturing from the 1 and Ty Johnson stole routes - still a mid range RB1, but unfortunate cap to elite season Ty Johnson - 13.8% opp share, 41.9% route share, 36.4% of 2-min RB snaps, 81.8% of RB third down work Just here to troll James Cook managers WRs/TEs: DJ Moore - 74.2% route share, 0.391 TPRR, 2.91...PositiveNewsSep 27, 2026
James Cook with the most frustrating back to back 20+ point weeks in recent memoryPositiveNewsSep 27, 2026
Death, Taxes, & Josh Allen vulturing James CookPositiveUsageSep 18, 2026
Week 2 thread 🧵 Bills: RBs: James Cook: full bellcow now - 100% opp share, 68% route share, 21 carries for 135, and he finally got the goal line - 3 i10 and 2 i5 after 0 of each in Week 1 Frank Gore Jr and Ray Davis: 8 snaps each, 0 and targets Both out-snapped Cook in the 2 min drill again - Gore 4, Davis 3, Cook 2 WR/TEs - DJ Moore left in the 2nd quarter (3:42) - here’s the route distribution pre/post: Pre-Moore (17 dropbacks) route share: Kincaid 71%, Coleman 65%, Moore 59%, Shakir 53%,...PositiveUsageSep 18, 2026
Week 2 thread 🧵 Bills: Bills: RBs: James Cook: full bellcow now - 100% opp share, 68% route share, 21 carries for 135, and he finally got the goal line - 3 i10 and 2 i5 after 0 of each in Week 1 Frank Gore Jr and Ray Davis: 8 snaps each, 0 and targets Both out-snapped Cook in the 2 min drill again - Gore 4, Davis 3, Cook 2 WR/TEs - DJ Moore left in the 2nd quarter (3:42) - here’s the route distribution pre/post: Pre-Moore (17 dropbacks) route share: Kincaid 71%, Coleman 65%, Moore 59%, Shaki...PositiveNewsSep 18, 2026
James Cooked the LionsPositiveNewsSep 18, 2026
I’ve been informed that I’m playing the same person in 2 high stakes leagues on @​FFPC In one league I have James Cook In the other leagues my opponent has James Cook No one feels good after tonightPositiveNewsSep 17, 2026
One more week of James Cook playing on 3rd downs (hopefully) with Ty Johnson a projected inactive in Week 2 Via @​JoeBuscagliaPositiveNewsSep 14, 2026
Also sounds like the Bills scaled back James Cook in the 2nd half on 3rd downs:PositiveNewsSep 13, 2026
James Cook could be more involved in the pass game today with no Ty Johnson Interesting for DFSNegativeNewsSep 5, 2026
James Cook told Thurman Thomas (beast) that he will be catching more passes this season He got stronger during the offseason to be a 3-down back and believes he will be out there more on 3rd downs Via @​RichEisenShowPositiveUsageSep 4, 2026
A consistent drumbeat with James Cook catching more passes out of the backfield, this time from @​SalSports Citing the way Pete Carmichael wants to use the RB position + James Cook James Cook is my RB3PositiveNewsSep 1, 2026
On James Cook: Lots of good info in here Seems plausible that James Cook will be more involved in the pass game this season, but needs to prove to be reliable in pass pro as well Ty Johnson injury gives him some leeway to prove himself Again, a safe pick (IMO) with some higher upsidePositiveNewsAug 31, 2026
There’s just been a lot of smoke this offseason on this for James Cook It’s rare to get a super high median with an untapped ceiling Feel really good about Cook for this seasonPositiveUsageAug 31, 2026
Interesting on James Cook: 1) Ty Johnson “on the mend” + Cook could have a bigger role to start the season 2) Different practice reps at RB than the past - less rotation mixing in/rotations I have James Cook at RB4 and took him at 6 in 2 high stakes drafts via @​JoeBuscagliaPositiveNewsAug 28, 2026
Still a question of whether Ty Johnson is ready Week 1 as well Would likely boost James Cook a bit in Week 1 projectionsPositiveInjuryAug 24, 2026
Cardinals RBs Trey Benson & James Conner notes: Roster projection by @​joshweinfuss does not have Trey Benson (as expected) - he's missed a lot of time with his knee James Conner listed as potentially being moved but also has not done 11:11PositiveUsageAug 21, 2026
On Mike Washington Jr: Kubiak seems to insinuate 2 things: 1) He's heading towards carving out a role 2) Needs to do more outside of running the ball @​AdamHillLVRJ seems to think he's on the "right track" Take: I'm not certain where this will land - Jeanty is a mega stud, but we have history of Kubiak with 2backs and MWJ looks solid. It's adding a slight amount of risk to Jeanty getting a crazy bellcow role. If you prefer other options (I prefer Cook for sure) that's fine.PositiveNewsAug 18, 2026
Cranked out a banger of a pod today with the BEST analyst in the game @​dwainmcfarland Covered: -James Cook -What to do with Jeremiyah Love? -MUCH MORE Sub to Fantasy Football is Life where my vid/pod work with Dwain, @​MattFtheOracle, and @​CuppsAnalytics will livePositiveNewsAug 17, 2026
You're going to want to watch this - talking about how our ranks adjust based on the preseason + what we saw out there James Cook Christian Watson & More!NegativeUsageAug 16, 2026
Ty Johnson update from over the weekend via @​JoeBuscaglia: Joe Brady declined to give a timetable but noted it was a lower body injury We haven’t heard much and it would probably be a decent boost to James Cook route participation (may see this anyway) if Johnson missed timePositiveUsageAug 15, 2026
Bills notes with Josh Allen: Receiver roulette somewhat continued - hard to know if it was just bc preseason Still seems like Keon Coleman vs Josh Palmer was nearly even on playing time with JA (Coleman got the stats tho) James Cook route share was solid but no Ty JohnsonPositiveNewsAug 13, 2026
Absolute baller for asking the question we all wanted to know, @​MattHarmon_BYB I think the answer will be, yes btw James Cook is my RB4 this season Watch the full interviewPositiveUsageAug 11, 2026
Pete Carmichael about James Cook: Brings value in the run game AND pass game Was also asked about expanding pass game role: Week to week pending the game plan and matchup but they like getting the ball in his hands Take: This didn’t seem definitive to me, but he did unprompted bring up the pass game abilities before being asked for more so I’ll give some credence to it. Still my RB4.PositiveUsageAug 9, 2026
Bills RBs, including James Cook, were seen running option/texas/rail routes out of the backfield during the scrimmage Things that the beat believes look different than previous seasons Via @​ErikJTurnerNegativeNewsAug 9, 2026
Sounds like Ty Johnson had his arm around a trainer coming off the field and while I don’t want to react too quick to these things, this video made me feel like it’s not a super short term injury Could easily be back Week 1 but I’m definitely paying attention here as it would have a decent impact on James Cook <PositiveNewsAug 2, 2026
Now we've finally heard Pete Carmichael say that he wants - about the RB room: "When you talk about getting them some throws in the pass game, a lot of that sometimes is just giving them those opportunities..." Combined with hearing that the RBs are more involved in camp + 4 beats speculating on it I think its very likely we see an uptick in James Cook receptions - I have him above Jonathan Taylor for the seasonPositiveUsageJul 24, 2026
Expanding on the theory that James Cook will be more involved in the passing game We’ve heard in the past how Pete Carmichael could influence RB usage Hearing the breakdown of RB screens (and clarification that it could be Ray Davis, Ty Johnson, or James Cook) is interesting