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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Brandin Cooks' record-breaking touchdown catch is the Saints Play of the Day
There's a 98-day stretch between us and the start of the New Orleans Saints' 2025 regular season, and we're counting down the days by looking back on some of the most iconic plays in franchise history. This time, our Saints Play of the Day is the 98-yard touchdown pass from Drew Brees to Brandin Cooks back in 2016, which you can watch here. It was a classic grab-and-go reception by Cooks streaking down the left sideline. Brees dropped back to throw from his own end zone and found Cooks in one-on-one coverage against cornerback Sean Smith. Once Cooks put a step on his opponent, he was gone, and safety Reggie Nelson wasn't able to make up the distance in the open field. Advertisement Cooks broke a Saints record that had stood since their inaugural 1967 season on this play, outgaining Walter Roberts' 96-yard catch to achieve the longest play from scrimmage in team history. And he just returned to the Saints this offseason after spending time with the New England Patriots, Los Angeles Rams, Houston Texans, and Dallas Cowboys. They're hoping he can still uncork some big plays downfield like this one. This article originally appeared on Saints Wire: 2025 Saints season countdown: Brandin Cooks' TD is the Play of the Day
USA Today
3 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Brandin Cooks' record-breaking touchdown catch is the Saints Play of the Day
Brandin Cooks' record-breaking touchdown catch is the Saints Play of the Day Brandin Cooks, Drew Brees broke a record which had stood since 1967 There's a 98-day stretch between us and the start of the New Orleans Saints' 2025 regular season, and we're counting down the days by looking back on some of the most iconic plays in franchise history. This time, our Saints Play of the Day is the 98-yard touchdown pass from Drew Brees to Brandin Cooks back in 2016, which you can watch here. It was a classic grab-and-go reception by Cooks streaking down the left sideline. Brees dropped back to throw from his own end zone and found Cooks in one-on-one coverage against cornerback Sean Smith. Once Cooks put a step on his opponent, he was gone, and safety Reggie Nelson wasn't able to make up the distance in the open field. Cooks broke a Saints record that had stood since their inaugural 1967 season on this play, outgaining Walter Roberts' 96-yard catch to achieve the longest play from scrimmage in team history. And he just returned to the Saints this offseason after spending time with the New England Patriots, Los Angeles Rams, Houston Texans, and Dallas Cowboys. They're hoping he can still uncork some big plays downfield like this one.
USA Today
21-03-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Re-signing Brandin Cooks may have cost the New Orleans Saints a 2026 draft pick
Re-signing Brandin Cooks may have cost the New Orleans Saints a 2026 draft pick The New Orleans Saints chose to bring back Brandin Cooks on a two-year deal valued at $13 million, per multiple reports, in a move that initially appeared divisive among fans. And it's a move that carries a lot of implications. How will the Saints approach the rest of free agency? How does the current depth chart shape their 2025 draft strategy? And what are the further-flung considerations? It's not looking good on that last front. Over The Cap's Nick Korte has made a name for himself by forecasting compensatory draft picks each year, and he typically finds his mark. He was right about the Saints getting a seventh rounder this offseason which the NFL initially got wrong and had to correct. And Korte says that the Saints signing Cooks wipes out a compensatory seventh rounder in the 2026 draft. That alone isn't too big of a deal (even if it replaced a pick the Saints had already traded). Seventh rounders are, obviously, the least-valuable picks in the draft. The more important function of this pick was that it would have been a buffer between any signings the Saints make and the projected fourth rounder they're getting for Paulson Adebo. That's a significant asset, and now it's in jeopardy. If the Saints sign another qualifying free agent (basically anyone whose contract is valued at more than $3.5 million per year), they'll lose that fourth-round choice. They're rapidly running out of free agents who could sign with other teams and rebalance the books to get it back. One of Mickey Loomis's biggest weaknesses as a general manager is his poor valuation of draft picks. He often trades too much for too little and spends them too recklessly. The easiest way to retool your roster is to stock up on draft picks, add a bunch of cheap young talent, and see the cream rise to the top. When you're too active in free agency for your own good? You get fewer draft picks, which means fewer rookies, and less young talent to develop. Your team gets too old and slow and you're stuck signing players nobody else wanted to draft just to fill out your roster. You'd hope Loomis has learned this lesson by now. Some of the best Saints draft classes in recent memory came when they owned multiple picks either due to offseason trades or compensatory rules. Some of their worst have followed offseasons when he let guys walk away for nothing. But if Loomis is determined to keep chasing veteran free agents and spending on the open market? That projected fourth rounder coming back for Adebo may be going up in smoke.
