Should I start Keon Coleman or Darius Cooper in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Keon Coleman, and the board ranks him 161st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Darius Cooper, and the board ranks him 165th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Keon Coleman is 1.4 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 Darius Cooper is 1.3 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.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Keon Coleman has been on the field for 68 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 1 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 27 two minute targets.

His 27 targets have averaged 15.6 air yards.

In Week 5 against LAR he caught 1 of 2 targets for 7 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against LV he caught 4 of 6 targets for 59 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against BAL he caught 1 of 3 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Darius Cooper has been on the field for 59 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 78 third down targets, had 2 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 46 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 11.8 air yards.

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.

In Week 8 against WAS he caught 2 of 6 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Keon Coleman played 13 games and scored 102.4 PPR points, 7.9 a game, finishing WR60.

He caught 38 of 59 targets for 404 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 4-5 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 10.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 64 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.

Both were available for 13 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Keon Coleman scored 7.9 PPR points a game and Darius Cooper 1.4, 6.5 a game between them.

Keon Coleman had 48 more targets than Darius Cooper, 59 to 11.

Keon Coleman had 312 more receiving yards than Darius Cooper, 404 to 92.

This season Keon Coleman holds the bigger snap share, 68 percent against 59 percent.

This season Keon Coleman holds the bigger target share, 14 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

Keon Coleman is off in Week 7 and Darius Cooper in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.