Cooks’ return in Week 13 against the Giants illustrated just how important a true WR2 really is on this team. Three receptions for 16 yards doesn’t sound like much, but when one of those balls is a touchdown and the other a perfectly executed third-down conversion that iced the game, the actual value he added was significant.

One play after the referees overturn the call of Cooper Rush fumbling in the end zone, Rush finds Brandin Cooks for a Cowboys touchdown.