Should I start Jakobi Meyers or Darius Cooper in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jakobi Meyers, and the board ranks him 60th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Darius Cooper, and the board ranks him 134th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jakobi Meyers is 2.9 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.

The market-based projection for Darius Cooper is 1.7 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 6, Jakobi Meyers has been on the field for 80 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 3 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have averaged 10.6 air yards.

In Week 4 against CIN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against PHI he caught 2 of 3 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against HOU he caught 5 of 10 targets for 83 yards and did not score.

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 Jakobi Meyers played 16 games and scored 175.8 PPR points, 11.0 a game, finishing WR32.

He caught 75 of 110 targets for 835 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 6.9 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 11.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 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.

Jakobi Meyers was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jakobi Meyers scored 11.0 PPR points a game and Darius Cooper 1.4, 9.6 a game between them.

Jakobi Meyers had 99 more targets than Darius Cooper, 110 to 11.

Jakobi Meyers had 743 more receiving yards than Darius Cooper, 835 to 92.

This season Jakobi Meyers holds the bigger snap share, 80 percent against 59 percent.

This season Jakobi Meyers holds the bigger target share, 16 percent against 8 percent.

Byes and availability

Jakobi Meyers is off in Week 7 and Darius Cooper in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.