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Should I start Darius Cooper or Hunter Henry in Week 7?

Updated Oct 24, 7:41 PM ET.

Start Darius Cooper: 79 percent of the snaps and 11 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Hunter Henry's 68 percent of the snaps and 14 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Darius Cooper for Hunter Henry?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Hunter Henry projects 86 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (9.6 a game over 9 games), Darius Cooper 30 (3.3 a game over 9 games).

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

WR39 · PHI · bye 10

2026 vs anytime td line 3-3

Market-based projection
9.2 pts a game

TE14 · NE · bye 11

2026 vs anytime td line 2-5

Market-based projection
9.0 pts a game Wk 7 price
Overall rank
100

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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 99th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

The market-based projections

Darius Cooper's market-based projection is 9.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 94th highest figure of the 214 players with a market-based projection.

No season market is posted for Hunter Henry, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

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, Hunter Henry has been on the field for 73 percent of NE snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 51 third down targets, had 0 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 6.3 air yards.

In Week 4 against BUF he caught 5 of 5 targets for 62 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LV he caught 3 of 4 targets for 44 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 4 of 5 targets for 48 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Hunter Henry played 17 games and scored 178.8 PPR points, 10.5 a game, finishing TE9.

He caught 60 of 87 targets for 768 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 22 red zone targets.

That came to 5.1 targets a game, a 69 percent catch rate and 12.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 81 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Hunter Henry was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Hunter Henry scored 10.5 PPR points a game and Darius Cooper 1.4, 9.1 a game between them.

Darius Cooper is a wide receiver and Hunter Henry a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Darius Cooper is off in Week 10 and Hunter Henry in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Hunter Henry has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Darius Cooper for Hunter Henry?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Hunter Henry projects 86 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (9.6 a game over 9 games), Darius Cooper 30 (3.3 a game over 9 games).

  • Should I drop Hunter Henry for Darius Cooper?

    No. Keep Hunter Henry: he projects 86 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (9.6 a game over 9 games), Darius Cooper 30 (3.3 a game over 9 games).

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