Should I start Courtland Sutton or Darius Cooper in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Courtland Sutton, and the board ranks him 114th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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-based projection for Courtland Sutton is 1.9 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.

Courtland Sutton's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Courtland Sutton has been on the field for 77 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 2 of its 18 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 33 targets have averaged 11.1 air yards.

In Week 5 against LAC he caught 2 of 3 targets for 18 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against SEA he caught 2 of 3 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against ARI he caught 3 of 5 targets for 45 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 Courtland Sutton played 17 games and scored 219.7 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR13.

He caught 74 of 124 targets for 1017 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 7.3 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 13.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 86 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.

Courtland Sutton was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Courtland Sutton scored 12.9 PPR points a game and Darius Cooper 1.4, 11.5 a game between them.

Courtland Sutton had 113 more targets than Darius Cooper, 124 to 11.

Courtland Sutton had 925 more receiving yards than Darius Cooper, 1017 to 92.

This season Courtland Sutton holds the bigger snap share, 77 percent against 59 percent.

This season Courtland Sutton holds the bigger target share, 17 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.