Should I start Chimere Dike or Darius Cooper in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chimere Dike, and the board ranks him 164th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Darius Cooper, and the board ranks him 285th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Chimere Dike is 0.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

No season market is posted for Darius Cooper, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season so far

Through Week 5, Chimere Dike has been on the field for 11 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 5.4 air yards.

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

In Week 4 against BAL he caught 1 of 1 target for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against HOU he caught 3 of 4 targets for 28 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Darius Cooper has been on the field for 50 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 2 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 12.3 air yards.

In Week 4 against LAR he caught 3 of 7 targets for 33 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 5 against JAX he caught 2 of 3 targets for 71 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against CAR he caught 1 of 2 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Chimere Dike played 17 games and scored 126.1 PPR points, 7.4 a game, finishing WR50.

He caught 48 of 74 targets for 423 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 4.4 targets a game, a 65 percent catch rate and 8.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 59 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Darius Cooper played 13 games and scored 18.2 PPR points, 1.4 a game.

He caught 9 of 11 targets for 92 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 0.8 targets a game, a 82 percent catch rate and 10.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 19 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Chimere Dike was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Chimere Dike scored 7.4 PPR points a game and Darius Cooper 1.4, 6.0 a game between them.

Chimere Dike had 63 more targets than Darius Cooper, 74 to 11.

Chimere Dike had 331 more receiving yards than Darius Cooper, 423 to 92.

This season Darius Cooper holds the bigger snap share, 50 percent against 11 percent.

This season Darius Cooper holds the bigger target share, 8 percent against 5 percent.

Byes and availability

Chimere Dike is off in Week 9 and Darius Cooper in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.