Should I start Jameson Williams or Darius Cooper in Week 8?

Updated Oct 27, 8:26 AM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.

Start Jameson Williams: 90 percent of the snaps and 14 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Darius Cooper's 79 percent of the snaps and 11 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 Jameson Williams?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Jameson Williams projects 114 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (11.4 a game over 10 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.

Jameson Williams

WR9 · DET · bye 6

2026 vs anytime td line 2-5

Market-based projection: 11.0 pts a game

Darius Cooper

WR11 · PHI · bye 10

2026 vs anytime td line 3-4

Market-based projection: 9.2 pts a game Wk 7 price
Overall rank: 25

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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 Jameson Williams, and the board ranks him 22nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Darius Cooper, and the board ranks him 25th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Jameson Williams's market-based projection is 11.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 16th highest figure of the 177 players with a market-based projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 7, Jameson Williams has been on the field for 90 percent of DET snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 0 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 38 targets have averaged 14.9 air yards.

In Week 4 against CAR he caught 6 of 8 targets for 102 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against ARI he caught 2 of 4 targets for 47 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 7 against GB he caught 5 of 9 targets for 91 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

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 Jameson Williams played 17 games and scored 219.9 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR12.

He caught 65 of 102 targets for 1117 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 17.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 90 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.

Jameson Williams was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jameson Williams scored 12.9 PPR points a game and Darius Cooper 1.4, 11.5 a game between them.

Jameson Williams had 91 more targets than Darius Cooper, 102 to 11.

Jameson Williams had 1025 more receiving yards than Darius Cooper, 1117 to 92.

This season Jameson Williams holds the bigger snap share, 90 percent against 52 percent.

This season Jameson Williams holds the bigger target share, 17 percent against 8 percent.

Byes and availability

Jameson Williams 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 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 Jameson Williams?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Jameson Williams projects 114 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (11.4 a game over 10 games), Darius Cooper 30 (3.3 a game over 9 games).
Should I drop Jameson Williams for Darius Cooper?
No. Keep Jameson Williams: he projects 114 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (11.4 a game over 10 games), Darius Cooper 30 (3.3 a game over 9 games).

Should I drop Darius Cooper?