Fair enough analysis to some degree, but we don’t have any idea as to how much he may grow in his second year in this system, so that’s the important question.
We can assume that some of his responsibilities may have changed on the fly only days before the season started when Edelman got hurt. Also, for a first year WR in the system, he was one of only 13 WRs in the league who topped 1000 yards, so even in a more limited role he seemed to do much better than most of any other first year Patriot receivers.
It’s quite possible that he is fed some more information/routes during the offseason, and that he shows a bit more of a polished look by the time the end of the summer comes. That’s what we’re waiting to find out. Attempting to assess him after only one year here is pointless, particularly when the WR1 and WR3 missed the entire year and the WR2 missed half the year. I think we can safely assume that Cooks’ role may have been slightly altered.