Should I start Devontez Walker or Darius Cooper in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Devontez Walker, and the board ranks him 189th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Darius Cooper, and the board ranks him 193rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Devontez Walker's market-based projection is 1.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 179th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Darius Cooper is 1.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Devontez Walker has been on the field for 47 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 0 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 40 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 23.6 air yards.

In Week 5 against ATL he caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against CLE he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CIN he was not given the ball.

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 Devontez Walker played 12 games and scored 37.6 PPR points, 3.1 a game, finishing WR124.

He caught 6 of 8 targets for 136 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 0.7 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 22.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 20 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 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Devontez Walker scored 3.1 PPR points a game and Darius Cooper 1.4, 1.7 a game between them.

Darius Cooper had 3 more targets than Devontez Walker, 11 to 8.

Devontez Walker had 44 more receiving yards than Darius Cooper, 136 to 92.

This season Darius Cooper holds the bigger snap share, 59 percent against 47 percent.

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

Byes and availability

Darius Cooper is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Devontez Walker.

What would change the answer

Darius Cooper has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.