Should I start Omar Cooper or Brian Thomas Jr. in Week 6?

The market-based projections

Omar Cooper's market-based projection is 5.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 128th highest figure of the 205 players with a market-based projection.

Brian Thomas Jr.'s market-based projection is 4.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 133rd highest figure of the 205 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Omar Cooper: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 140th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Brian Thomas Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 150th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

Through Week 1, Omar Cooper has been on the field for 7 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 5 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 4 two minute targets.

His 1 target have averaged 4.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against TEN he caught 1 of 1 target for 30 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Brian Thomas Jr. has been on the field for 48 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 1 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 10.9 air yards.

In Week 3 against NE he caught 1 of 1 target for 8 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CIN he caught 2 of 2 targets for 17 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against PHI he caught 0 of 3 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

Omar Cooper is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

In 2025 Brian Thomas Jr. played 14 games and scored 138.8 PPR points, 9.9 a game, finishing WR42.

He caught 48 of 91 targets for 707 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 6-7 targets a game, a 53 percent catch rate and 14.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Head to head

This season Brian Thomas Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 48 percent against 7 percent.

This season Brian Thomas Jr. holds the bigger target share, 12 percent against 4 percent.

Byes and availability

Omar Cooper is off in Week 13 and Brian Thomas Jr. in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Omar Cooper is listed as ir on the injury report.

What would change the answer

1.0 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market-based projection when it does.