Should I start Chris Godwin Jr. or Darius Cooper in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chris Godwin Jr., and the board ranks him 77th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 21; 2QB: ADP 45.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Darius Cooper, and the board ranks him 134th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market has Chris Godwin Jr. at 2.4 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.

The market-based projection for Darius Cooper is 1.7 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.

Chris Godwin Jr.'s projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Chris Godwin Jr. has been on the field for 73 percent of TB snaps, drawn 45 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 4 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have come 1.6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 7 against CAR he caught 4 of 5 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Darius Cooper has been on the field for 59 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 69 third down targets, had 2 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 37 two minute targets.

His 18 targets have averaged 11.1 air yards.

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.

In Week 7 against DAL he caught 1 of 3 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Chris Godwin Jr. played 9 games and scored 83.0 PPR points, 9.2 a game, finishing WR78.

He caught 33 of 51 targets for 360 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 5.7 targets a game, a 65 percent catch rate and 10.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 71 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.

Darius Cooper was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Chris Godwin Jr. scored 9.2 PPR points a game and Darius Cooper 1.4, 7.8 a game between them.

Chris Godwin Jr. had 40 more targets than Darius Cooper, 51 to 11.

Chris Godwin Jr. had 268 more receiving yards than Darius Cooper, 360 to 92.

This season Chris Godwin Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 73 percent against 59 percent.

This season Chris Godwin Jr. holds the bigger target share, 45 percent against 8 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 10, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.