For this series I’ll be listing 5 players who are the upswing, with the caveat that the player is not a rookie and has spent at least a year with the team, so no Stephone Anthony or C.J. Spiller.
#1 Brandin Cooks
What he’s done so far: It took sometime for coach Payton to figure out how to properly use Cooks. They tried a lot of bubble screens to begin the year which not much success. Cooks was productive on end around plays, but he really started to shine in intermediate and deep routes before breaking his thumb and ending his season.