Should I start Courtland Sutton or Omar Cooper Jr. in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Courtland Sutton, and the board ranks him 100th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Omar Cooper Jr., and the board ranks him 147th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Courtland Sutton is 2.5 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 has Omar Cooper Jr. at 1.4 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.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Courtland Sutton has been on the field for 77 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 66 third down targets, had 2 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 37 targets have averaged 11.1 air yards.

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.

In Week 8 against KC he caught 4 of 4 targets for 53 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Omar Cooper Jr. has been on the field for 72 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 18 third down targets, had 1 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 10.2 air yards.

In Week 7 against MIA he caught 5 of 5 targets for 115 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against LV he was not given the ball.

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.

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

Head to head

This season Courtland Sutton holds the bigger snap share, 77 percent against 72 percent.

This season Courtland Sutton holds the bigger target share, 16 percent against 8 percent.

Byes and availability

Courtland Sutton is off in Week 10 and Omar Cooper Jr. in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.