As Ben Volin of the Boston Globe noted on Wednesday's Pick Six Podcast (listen below, subscribe to our daily, 30-minute show on iTunes here ) Cooks' production does not necessarily match up with his statistics. He was wildly unproductive on third down last year ( 7-for-26 ), which might be part of the reason why Brady isn't devastated.

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Cooks is like the mid-30's friend you have, who owns a doctorate, is pretty good looking and just can't lock down a long-term relationship. There's something underneath the surface that made both Sean Payton and Bill Belichick trade him after a productive run with the Saints and Patriots, respectively.

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