Should I start Keenan Allen or Darius Cooper in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Keenan Allen, and the board ranks him 21st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Darius Cooper, and the board ranks him 282nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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

No season market is posted for Darius Cooper, 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 6

Through Week 6, Keenan Allen has been on the field for 59 percent of IND snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 1 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 40 targets have averaged 7.3 air yards.

In Week 3 against HOU he caught 6 of 9 targets for 63 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against PIT he caught 5 of 9 targets for 45 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against TEN he caught 8 of 11 targets for 82 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Darius Cooper has been on the field for 50 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 Keenan Allen played 17 games and scored 182.7 PPR points, 10.7 a game, finishing WR29.

He caught 81 of 122 targets for 777 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 7.2 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 9.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 55 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.

Keenan Allen was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Keenan Allen scored 10.7 PPR points a game and Darius Cooper 1.4, 9.3 a game between them.

Keenan Allen had 111 more targets than Darius Cooper, 122 to 11.

Keenan Allen had 685 more receiving yards than Darius Cooper, 777 to 92.

This season Keenan Allen holds the bigger snap share, 59 percent against 50 percent.

This season Keenan Allen holds the bigger target share, 23 percent against 8 percent.

Byes and availability

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