Flowers is actually a better version of Shakir. Its close but he is better. Bateman over Cooper, I dunno but Bateman has played in that offense for 4 years now. Cooper got here not too long ago and has been injured. He doesnt even have any real chemistry with Josh yet. Skill wise I would likely take Cooper. Situation wise, Id rather have a guy thats been here a while. To date our #1 receiver is still Hollins who is nothing but a special teams cast off.
The threat of having to defend Lamar rushing, Henry rushing play heavily into receivers getting wide open af and make Lamars job far easier than Josh. Nobody is sitting there throwing 8 man boxes all game against Cook. Cook is good but he isnt Henry. I'm not trying to discredit Lamar. He is having his best season, but its a simple fact the guy has had it easier. Just looking at the recent Houston game the guy had 66 air yards but still had 168 yards passing.