Should I start Jauan Jennings or Darius Cooper in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jauan Jennings, and the board ranks him 157th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Darius Cooper, and the board ranks him 173rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jauan Jennings is 1.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 5, Jauan Jennings has been on the field for 74 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 10 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 15.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against TB he caught 1 of 2 targets for 1 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against MIA he caught 1 of 1 target for 8 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NO he caught 0 of 1 target 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 Jauan Jennings played 15 games and scored 173.3 PPR points, 11.6 a game, finishing WR33.

He caught 55 of 90 targets for 643 yards and 9 touchdowns, with 19 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 82 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.

Jauan Jennings was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jauan Jennings scored 11.6 PPR points a game and Darius Cooper 1.4, 10.2 a game between them.

Jauan Jennings had 79 more targets than Darius Cooper, 90 to 11.

Jauan Jennings had 551 more receiving yards than Darius Cooper, 643 to 92.

This season Jauan Jennings holds the bigger snap share, 74 percent against 52 percent.

This season Darius Cooper holds the bigger target share, 8 percent against 5 percent.

Byes and availability

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