Should I start Omar Cooper Jr. or Darius Cooper in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Omar Cooper Jr., and the board ranks him 97th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Darius Cooper, and the board ranks him 134th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market has Omar Cooper Jr. at 2.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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 Darius Cooper is 1.7 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.

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

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Omar Cooper Jr. has been on the field for 64 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 9 third down targets and had 1 of its 3 chances inside the five.

His 5 targets have averaged 10.2 air yards.

In Week 7 against MIA he caught 5 of 5 targets for 115 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

Omar Cooper Jr. is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

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.

Head to head

This season Omar Cooper Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 64 percent against 59 percent.

This season Omar Cooper Jr. holds the bigger target share, 17 percent against 8 percent.

Byes and availability

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