Should I start Darius Cooper or Marvin Mims Jr. in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Marvin Mims Jr., and the board ranks him 167th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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.

The market has Marvin Mims Jr. at 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.

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

This season through Week 8

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.

Through Week 8, Marvin Mims Jr. has been on the field for 26 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 16 third down targets, had 0 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 4 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 1.2 air yards.

In Week 7 against ARI he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 53 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against KC he carried 2 times for 19 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 10 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 Marvin Mims Jr. played 15 games and scored 93.0 PPR points, 6.2 a game, finishing WR66.

He caught 37 of 51 targets for 322 yards and 1 touchdown, with 2 red zone targets.

That came to 3.4 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 8.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 35 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Marvin Mims Jr. was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Marvin Mims Jr. scored 6.2 PPR points a game and Darius Cooper 1.4, 4.8 a game between them.

Marvin Mims Jr. had 40 more targets than Darius Cooper, 51 to 11.

Marvin Mims Jr. had 230 more receiving yards than Darius Cooper, 322 to 92.

This season Darius Cooper holds the bigger snap share, 59 percent against 26 percent.

This season Darius Cooper holds the bigger target share, 10 percent against 9 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 10, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.