Clips matched to James Cook from public YouTube uploads, grouped by week with the most recent complete week first. Every card opens on YouTube in a new tab, so views and ad revenue stay with the original uploader.
The top-10 most similar long-arc NFL players matched by fantasy-point production curve at this career stage. Each comp's "Peak 3yr fp/g" is their best 3-season fp/g average under Superflex PPR (era-pace-adjusted to modern). Similarity is bounded in (0, 1] — 1.0 means an identical career-stage profile vector. "Career" notes the comp's NFL longevity; the washed out badge flags comps whose career ended by age 30 with fewer than 8 NFL seasons (the engine’s bust definition). The ⏳ 1985 badge marks comps whose snapshot season predates 1999 — the corpus now spans 1980-2025, so Payton, Emmitt, Marcus Allen, Rice, Marino-era greats are eligible matches. Pre-1999 comps carry a 0.9× confidence haircut because era-pace adjustment is principled but not perfect.
| Comparable | Pos | Last season | Similarity | Peak 3yr fp/g | Career | Post-age seasons | Career fp | Projected pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaun Alexander | RB | 2008 | 0.895 | 20.0 | 9 seasons · ended age 31 | 4 | 1843 | 632 |
| Eddie George | RB | 2004 | 0.868 | 16.1 | 9 seasons · ended age 31 | 4 | 1772 | 585 |
| Frank Gore | RB | 2020 | 0.791 | 18.3 | 16 seasons · ended age 37 | 10 | 3005 | 1348 |
| William Andrews ⏳ 1982 | RB | 1986 | 0.755 | 18.6 | 6 seasons · ended age 31 | 2 | 1192 | 329 |
| Lydell Mitchell ⏳ 1976 | RB | 1980 | 0.732 | 18.5 | 8 seasons · ended age 30 | 3 | 1395 | 471 |
| Tiki Barber | RB | 2006 | 0.722 | 20.1 | 10 seasons · ended age 31 | 4 | 2234 | 1073 |
| Ricky Williams | RB | 2011 | 0.720 | 18.4 | 10 seasons · ended age 34 | 5 | 1863 | 656 |
| Brian Westbrook | RB | 2010 | 0.709 | 22.1 | 9 seasons · ended age 31 | 4 | 1825 | 783 |
| Lenny Moore ⏳ 1961 | RB | 1966 | 0.709 | 18.4 | 11 seasons · ended age 32 | 5 | 1828 | 542 |
| Deuce McAllister washed out | RB | 2009 | 0.698 | 16.9 | 7 seasons · ended age 30 | 2 | 1214 | 323 |
Every component below is sourced from the engine output
(engine_rankings.json) and the displayed comp table. The
final production score is 959.
fantasy_arc_v2
Projection path: peak_anchored
Comps: 25
Avg similarity (top 20): 0.705
Comp pool washed-out rate: 10% (2/20)
| Step | Value | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Comp-weighted projection (v3.3 primary) | 644 | Σ (simi × post-age-fpi) / Σ simi. Sanity check from the top-20 row data on this page: 647. This is the “weighted average of the comparable players’ actual realised post-age fantasy points” — Phil's 2026-05-28 brief. |
| Peak-anchored projection | 1,317 | The player's own peak-3yr-fp/g × expected games × horizon × 5%/yr time discount, capped at 1.25× the top single-comp projection. Used as a soft blend for elite-tier producers (60/40 comp-weighted / capped peak) so a Mahomes / Allen isn't fully dragged to the comp-pool mean. |
| Banked-credit floor (diagnostic only) | 1,630 | The v3.1 “dynasty equity” floor = career_total_fp × yrs-rem-weight + recent rate × short forward window. v3.3 no longer lets this override the projection — banked production is already realised, not “remaining.” Shown for transparency. |
| Raw projection (pre-penalty) | 1,048 | Blended comp-weighted + capped peak-anchored, per the v3.3 methodology described above. |
| × Survival | 0.944 | Multiplier reflecting how many comps washed out by age 30. Today: 1 − 0.5 × bust_rate. |
| × Sample confidence | 1.000 | Shrinks small-sample projections toward the position-tier baseline when raw > baseline; multiplies straight otherwise. = max(989 × confidence + baseline × (1−conf), or 989 × 1.000) when below baseline. |
| × Late-breakout penalty | 1.000 | QB-only. Scales by confidence so unproven late-breakout rookies only pay a fraction of the discount. |
| × Missed-season penalty (v3.3) | 0.970 | Multiplicative haircut for players who didn't play (or only played a partial slate) in the most recent NFL season. 0.70 for a full missed season, 0.85 for <8 games, 0.45 for two+ full missed seasons. only 7 of 17 games in 2026 (partial season — v3.7 scaled penalty) — v3.8 injury-rate dampening (rate_ratio=1.07) |
| = Final production score | 959 | Drives the player's rank on the Similar NFL Career Paths page. |
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