The New Orleans Saints exponentially upgraded their offensive arsenal heading into the 2020 NFL season – gone are the days of heightened anxiety watching Ted Ginn Jr. sprint downfield to inevitably drop a deep ball. New Orleans’ potent receiving corp now includes superstar Michael Thomas, Emmanuel Sanders, (a healthy) Alvin Kamara, Taysom Hill (obviously), newly named tight end Tommy Stevens, and TE Jared Cook.
Despite a somewhat underwhelming 2019 NFL season, expectations nonetheless remain high for the one-on-one nightmare that is Jared Cook; we saw flashes of his lethal potential in his short-lived breakout performance in the Saints’ loss to the 49ers – the debate of Cooks’ absence as a deciding factor in that loss still stands.