Should I start Isaac TeSlaa or Darius Cooper in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Isaac TeSlaa, and the board ranks him 53rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Darius Cooper, and the board ranks him 168th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Isaac TeSlaa's market-based projection is 5.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 44th highest figure of the 181 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Darius Cooper is 0.7 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 5, Isaac TeSlaa has been on the field for 63 percent of DET snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 45 third down targets, had 0 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have averaged 12.8 air yards.

In Week 3 against NYJ he caught 3 of 3 targets for 66 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CAR he caught 4 of 8 targets for 95 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against ARI he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Isaac TeSlaa played 17 games and scored 75.9 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing WR82.

He caught 16 of 27 targets for 239 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets.

That came to 1.6 targets a game, a 59 percent catch rate and 14.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 38 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.

Isaac TeSlaa was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Isaac TeSlaa scored 4.5 PPR points a game and Darius Cooper 1.4, 3.1 a game between them.

Isaac TeSlaa had 16 more targets than Darius Cooper, 27 to 11.

Isaac TeSlaa had 147 more receiving yards than Darius Cooper, 239 to 92.

This season Isaac TeSlaa holds the bigger snap share, 63 percent against 52 percent.

This season Isaac TeSlaa holds the bigger target share, 10 percent against 8 percent.

Byes and availability

Isaac TeSlaa is off in Week 6 and Darius Cooper in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

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.