Should I start Darius Cooper or Kyle Williams in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Darius Cooper: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 212th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kyle Williams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 213th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Darius Cooper is 0.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 12 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 Kyle Williams is 0.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 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.

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

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Darius Cooper has been on the field for 50 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 45 third down targets, had 2 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 12.5 air yards.

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.

In Week 5 against JAX he caught 2 of 3 targets for 71 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 5, Kyle Williams has been on the field for 27 percent of NE snaps, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 0 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 17.2 air yards.

In Week 3 against JAX he caught 1 of 3 targets for 34 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BUF he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LV he caught 3 of 3 targets for 91 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Kyle Williams played 17 games and scored 49.2 PPR points, 2.9 a game, finishing WR112.

He caught 10 of 21 targets for 209 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 1.2 targets a game, a 48 percent catch rate and 20.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 30 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kyle Williams was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Kyle Williams scored 2.9 PPR points a game and Darius Cooper 1.4, 1.5 a game between them.

Kyle Williams had 10 more targets than Darius Cooper, 21 to 11.

Kyle Williams had 117 more receiving yards than Darius Cooper, 209 to 92.

This season Darius Cooper holds the bigger snap share, 50 percent against 27 percent.

This season Darius Cooper holds the bigger target share, 9 percent against 7 percent.

Byes and availability

Darius Cooper is off in Week 10 and Kyle Williams in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.