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Saints will pick up Brandin Cooks' fifth-year option

The New Orleans Saints are expected to pick up wide receiver Brandin Cooks’ 2018 option.

What It Means:

Cooks made noise about his role this past year, but isn’t expected to be traded. He finished strong, averaging 87.4 yards over his last five games. Cooks’ option will cost around $8 million.

Cooks's 0.84 Reception Net Expected Points per target was the second-best mark among the 41 wide receivers with at least 100 targets in 2016.