Should I start Darius Cooper or Laquon Treadwell in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Darius Cooper, and the board ranks him 168th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Laquon Treadwell, and the board ranks him 169th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Darius Cooper is 0.7 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 Laquon Treadwell is 0.7 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.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Darius Cooper has been on the field for 52 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.

Through Week 6, Laquon Treadwell has been on the field for 76 percent of IND snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 0 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 13.2 air yards.

In Week 4 against WAS he caught 5 of 6 targets for 42 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against PIT he caught 2 of 8 targets for 34 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against TEN he caught 2 of 5 targets for 21 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 Laquon Treadwell played 10 games.

He caught 0 of 0 targets for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

He was on the field for 5 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Darius Cooper was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

Darius Cooper had 11 more targets than Laquon Treadwell, 11 to 0.

Darius Cooper had 92 more receiving yards than Laquon Treadwell, 92 to 0.

This season Laquon Treadwell holds the bigger snap share, 76 percent against 52 percent.

This season Laquon Treadwell holds the bigger target share, 12 percent against 8 percent.

Byes and availability

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