Is Brandin Cooks even good? Cooper is a five-time Pro Bowler. Cooks has been to zero. Cooper's YPC is almost an entire yard greater than Cooks's.
Cooks is the player that Hollywood Brown was supposed to be. But what do I know?
His similar players table on PFR includes Lynn Swann, Keenan Allen, Davante Adams, and Stefon Diggs.
Totally splitting hairs, unless you put a huge value on Pro Bowls... and that discrepancy is actually kinda baffling.
Cooper and Cooks each have exactly 139 starts. Cooper has 1131 targets and a 691-9736-62 stat line. Cooks has 1064 targets and a 693-9364-58 line. Cooks also accumulated 346 rushing yards and 2 TDs, so their totals from scrimmage are 9777 yards and 62 TDs (Cooper) vs. 9710 yards and 60 TDs (Cooks). Can't think of any two WRs with 10+ years in the league who are closer.
As for Pro Bowls, in 2015, Cooper went to the Pro Bowl with 1070 yards and 6 TDs, while Cooks sat home with 1138 yards and 9 TDs. In 2016, Cooper went to the Pro Bowl with 1153-5 while Cooks sat home with 1173-8. In 2018, Cooper went to the Pro Bowl with 1005-7 while Cooks sat home with 1204-5. Weird! Cooper's best season was 2023(!) with 1250-5 and a Pro Bowl, while Cooks' best was 2018 with 1204-5 and no Pro Bowl.
Cooper's yards/catch is actually just 0.58 higher than Cooks', but his yards/target is actually 0.19 lower.