Darius Cooper or Jaylin Noel: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Darius Cooper: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 159th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jaylin Noel: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 180th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

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

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

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Darius Cooper has been on the field for 41 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 2 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 12.3 air yards.

In Week 2 against TEN he caught 2 of 3 targets for 26 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against CHI he was not given the ball.

In Week 4 against LAR he caught 3 of 7 targets for 33 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 4, Jaylin Noel has been on the field for 45 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 12.6 air yards.

In Week 2 against CIN he carried 1 time for 13 yards, caught 1 of 5 targets for 31 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against IND he carried 1 time for 8 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DAL he carried 1 time for 4 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 85 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.

In 2025 Jaylin Noel played 17 games and scored 68.4 PPR points, 4.0 a game, finishing WR91.

He caught 26 of 35 targets for 292 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 2.1 targets a game, a 74 percent catch rate and 11.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 27 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jaylin Noel was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jaylin Noel scored 4.0 PPR points a game and Darius Cooper 1.4, 2.6 a game between them.

Jaylin Noel had 24 more targets than Darius Cooper, 35 to 11.

Jaylin Noel had 200 more receiving yards than Darius Cooper, 292 to 92.

This season Jaylin Noel holds the bigger snap share, 45 percent against 41 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 9 percent each.