Should I start Quentin Johnston or Darius Cooper in Week 9?
Updated Nov 3, 9:06 AM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
Week 9 verdict
Start Darius Cooper over Quentin Johnston
- Market projects
- 7.8
- recent weeks avg
- NYG D vs WR
- 31.3
- 15th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 64%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 10%
- Through Week 8
- Market projects
- 7.4
- recent weeks avg
- HOU D vs WR
- 37.3
- 4th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 81%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 14%
- Through Week 8
Start Darius Cooper: 85 percent of the snaps and 10 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Quentin Johnston's 80 percent of the snaps and 9 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
Should I drop Darius Cooper for Quentin Johnston?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Quentin Johnston projects 16 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (1.8 a game over 9 games), Darius Cooper 10 (1.2 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Darius Cooper over Quentin Johnston. So make the move after his Week 9 game.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
WR65 · LAC · bye 7
2026 vs anytime td line 0-6
- Market-based projection
- 7.4 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 145
WR72 · PHI · bye 10
2026 vs anytime td line 3-5
- Market-based projection
- 6.5 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 157
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The gap
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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Quentin Johnston, and the board ranks him 145th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Darius Cooper, and the board ranks him 157th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Quentin Johnston is 1.5 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.
Quentin Johnston's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season through Week 8
Through Week 8, Quentin Johnston has been on the field for 81 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 8 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 22 two minute targets.
His 26 targets have averaged 13.0 air yards.
In Week 4 against SEA he carried 1 time for -4 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 44 yards and did not score.
In Week 6 against KC he caught 1 of 3 targets for 57 yards and did not score.
In Week 8 against LAR he caught 4 of 4 targets for 37 yards and did not score.
Through Week 8, Darius Cooper has been on the field for 64 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 Quentin Johnston played 14 games and scored 171.2 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR34.
He caught 51 of 85 targets for 735 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.
That came to 6.1 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 77 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.
Quentin Johnston was available for 1 game more.
Head to head
In 2025 Quentin Johnston scored 12.2 PPR points a game and Darius Cooper 1.4, 10.8 a game between them.
Quentin Johnston had 74 more targets than Darius Cooper, 85 to 11.
Quentin Johnston had 643 more receiving yards than Darius Cooper, 735 to 92.
This season Quentin Johnston holds the bigger snap share, 81 percent against 64 percent.
This season Quentin Johnston holds the bigger target share, 14 percent against 10 percent.
Byes and availability
Quentin Johnston is off in Week 7 and Darius Cooper in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Darius Cooper for Quentin Johnston?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Quentin Johnston projects 16 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (1.8 a game over 9 games), Darius Cooper 10 (1.2 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Darius Cooper over Quentin Johnston. So make the move after his Week 9 game.
Should I drop Quentin Johnston for Darius Cooper?
No. Keep Quentin Johnston: he projects 16 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (1.8 a game over 9 games), Darius Cooper 10 (1.2 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Darius Cooper over Quentin Johnston.
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