Should I start Jalen Nailor or Darius Cooper in Week 7?

Updated Oct 20, 9:21 PM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

Start Jalen Nailor on last season's numbers, 5.9 points a game to Darius Cooper's 1.4. Neither has a market projection this week or a snap on record this season, so this is the lowest confidence call this page can make. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Darius Cooper for Jalen Nailor?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Jalen Nailor projects 47 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (4.7 a game over 10 games), Darius Cooper 34 (3.4 a game over 10 games).

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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.

Jalen Nailor

WR68 · LV · bye 13

2025 vs rec yds line 6-11

Overall rank: 169

Darius Cooper

WR73 · PHI · bye 10

2025 vs anytime td line 0-11

Overall rank: 175

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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 Jalen Nailor, and the board ranks him 169th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Darius Cooper, and the board ranks him 175th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jalen Nailor is 1.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 market sources. 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 0.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 11 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jalen Nailor played 17 games and scored 100.7 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing WR61.

He caught 29 of 53 targets for 444 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 3.1 targets a game, a 55 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 65 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.

Jalen Nailor was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jalen Nailor scored 5.9 PPR points a game and Darius Cooper 1.4, 4.5 a game between them.

Jalen Nailor had 42 more targets than Darius Cooper, 53 to 11.

Jalen Nailor had 352 more receiving yards than Darius Cooper, 444 to 92.

Byes and availability

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

Drop or keep

Should I drop Darius Cooper for Jalen Nailor?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Jalen Nailor projects 47 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (4.7 a game over 10 games), Darius Cooper 34 (3.4 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Jalen Nailor for Darius Cooper?
No. Keep Jalen Nailor: he projects 47 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (4.7 a game over 10 games), Darius Cooper 34 (3.4 a game over 10 games).