Should I start Darius Cooper or Ja'Kobi Lane in Week 7?

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 93rd highest figure of the 213 players with a market-based projection.

Ja'Kobi Lane's market-based projection is 4.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 147th highest figure of the 213 players with a market-based projection.

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 Ja'Kobi Lane, and the board ranks him 175th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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, Ja'Kobi Lane has been on the field for 46 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 19 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 10 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 10.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against IND he caught 1 of 3 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CLE he caught 4 of 5 targets for 40 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.

Ja'Kobi Lane is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Head to head

This season Darius Cooper holds the bigger snap share, 52 percent against 46 percent.

This season Ja'Kobi Lane holds the bigger target share, 15 percent against 8 percent.

Byes and availability

Darius Cooper is off in Week 10 and Ja'Kobi Lane in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

4.4 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.