Should I start Darius Cooper or Dontayvion Wicks in Week 8?
Updated Oct 27, 8:26 AM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.
Latest
- : Eagles' DeVonta Smith, Dontayvion Wicks out vs. Cowboys (ESPN)
- : Dontayvion Wicks: Questionable to Out (Ankle) (Sleeper injury feed)
- : Dontayvion Wicks: Listed Questionable (Ankle) (Sleeper injury feed)
Week 8 verdict
Start Darius Cooper over Dontayvion Wicks
Dontayvion Wicks is listed out, so Darius Cooper starts despite the lower projection.
- Market projects
- 7.4
- recent weeks avg
- WAS D vs WR
- 35.9
- 6th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 59%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 8%
- Through Week 7
- Market projects
- 8.0
- recent weeks avg
- WAS D vs WR
- 35.9
- 6th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 79%
- Through Week 6
- Target share
- 17%
- Through Week 6
Start Darius Cooper over Dontayvion Wicks in Week 8. Dontayvion Wicks is listed out, so Darius Cooper starts despite the lower projection. Wicks is listed out.
Should I drop Darius Cooper for Dontayvion Wicks?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Dontayvion Wicks projects 50 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (5.5 a game over 9 games), Darius Cooper 30 (3.3 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Darius Cooper over Dontayvion Wicks. So make the move after his Week 8 game. Dontayvion Wicks is listed out.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
WR11 · PHI · bye 10
2026 vs anytime td line 3-4
- Market-based projection
- 9.2 pts a game Wk 7 price
- Overall rank
- 25
WR81 · PHI · bye 10
2026 vs anytime td line 1-5
- Overall rank
- 204
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The gap
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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Darius Cooper, and the board ranks him 25th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Dontayvion Wicks, and the board ranks him 204th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Darius Cooper, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for Dontayvion Wicks, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.
This season through Week 6
Through Week 6, Darius Cooper has been on the field for 52 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.
Through Week 6, Dontayvion Wicks has been on the field for 79 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 16 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 1 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 29 two minute targets.
His 32 targets have averaged 13.1 air yards.
In Week 4 against LAR he caught 3 of 5 targets for 18 yards and did not score.
In Week 5 against JAX he caught 5 of 8 targets for 63 yards and did not score.
In Week 6 against CAR he caught 2 of 4 targets for 24 yards and did not score.
Their 2025 seasons
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.
In 2025 Dontayvion Wicks played 14 games and scored 75.8 PPR points, 5.4 a game, finishing WR83.
He caught 30 of 46 targets for 332 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.
That came to 3.3 targets a game, a 65 percent catch rate and 11.1 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 47 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Dontayvion Wicks was available for 1 game more.
Head to head
In 2025 Dontayvion Wicks scored 5.4 PPR points a game and Darius Cooper 1.4, 4.0 a game between them.
Dontayvion Wicks had 35 more targets than Darius Cooper, 46 to 11.
Dontayvion Wicks had 240 more receiving yards than Darius Cooper, 332 to 92.
This season Dontayvion Wicks holds the bigger snap share, 79 percent against 52 percent.
This season Dontayvion Wicks 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.
Dontayvion Wicks is listed as out on the injury report.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Darius Cooper for Dontayvion Wicks?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Dontayvion Wicks projects 50 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (5.5 a game over 9 games), Darius Cooper 30 (3.3 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Darius Cooper over Dontayvion Wicks. So make the move after his Week 8 game. Dontayvion Wicks is listed out.
Should I drop Dontayvion Wicks for Darius Cooper?
No. Keep Dontayvion Wicks: he projects 50 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (5.5 a game over 9 games), Darius Cooper 30 (3.3 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Darius Cooper over Dontayvion Wicks. Dontayvion Wicks is listed out.
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