I like Brandin too but the play he got hurt on should make it clear to everyone why he never became the all around threat we thought we traded up to draft.
He lacks field awareness and vision for whats going on around him. He has to know based on coverage there would be a defender in pursuit from that side. Thats why he lost punt return duties and that's why he was never effective on screens.
Last time, he cannot navigate traffic if he isn't running away from people. It's not going to improve either...that's something you either have or you don't.
Thomas has it, Kamara has it, Ginn has it and in an offense that is now more WC oriented that was going to be important - receivers that can make things happen after the catch. That was never Cooks while he was here, and isn't going to be a part of his game in the future either.