Should I start Darius Cooper or Kenyon Sadiq in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Darius Cooper, and the board ranks him 142nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kenyon Sadiq, and the board ranks him 143rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Darius Cooper is 1.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. 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 Kenyon Sadiq is 1.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Darius Cooper has been on the field for 59 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 69 third down targets, had 2 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 37 two minute targets.

His 18 targets have averaged 11.1 air yards.

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.

In Week 7 against DAL he caught 1 of 3 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Kenyon Sadiq has been on the field for 40 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 1 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have averaged 5.4 air yards.

In Week 5 against CLE he caught 2 of 3 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NE he caught 1 of 3 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against MIA he caught 1 of 1 target for 6 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.

Kenyon Sadiq is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Side by side

Darius Cooper is a wide receiver and Kenyon Sadiq a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

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