Dallas Cowboys

Cowboys-Saints key matchup: CB Morris Claiborne vs. WR Brandin Cooks

Second-year Saints receiver Brandin Cooks is a speedy threat, but he only has 16 catches for 190 yards through three games.
Second-year Saints receiver Brandin Cooks is a speedy threat, but he only has 16 catches for 190 yards through three games. Bob Leverone AP

Claiborne is playing well, something that has rarely been said about the sixth overall pick in the 2012 draft. He has been arguably the Cowboys’ best secondary player and is motivated to keep that going when the LSU ex returns to his home state. But he will have his hands full much of the game when he is lined up opposite Cooks, a 2014 first-round pick. Cooks is a speedy receiver who has plenty of playmaking abilities that Claiborne and the Cowboys must contain.

This story was originally published October 3, 2015 at 4:27 PM with the headline "Cowboys-Saints key matchup: CB Morris Claiborne vs. WR Brandin Cooks."

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