Should I start Ted Hurst III or Darius Cooper in Week 7?
Updated Oct 22, 5:21 AM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.
Week 7 verdict
Start Darius Cooper over Ted Hurst III
- Market projects
- 4.7
- recent weeks avg
- DAL D vs WR
- 36.2
- 7th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 52%
- Through Week 6
- Target share
- 8%
- Through Week 6
- Market projects
- 4.0
- recent weeks avg
- CAR D vs WR
- 29.4
- 8th fewest to WRs (2026)
Start Darius Cooper: 79 percent of the snaps and 11 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Ted Hurst III's 45 percent of the snaps and 10 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 Ted Hurst III for Darius Cooper?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Darius Cooper projects 34 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (3.4 a game over 10 games), Ted Hurst III 28 (2.8 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Darius Cooper over Ted Hurst III.
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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.
WR71 · TB · bye 10
2026 vs anytime td line 1-5
- Market-based projection
- 3.5 pts a game Wk 6 price
- Overall rank
- 199
WR77 · PHI · bye 10
2026 vs anytime td line 3-3
- Overall rank
- 205
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The gap
- Board size316 draftable players
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 Ted Hurst III, and the board ranks him 199th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Darius Cooper, and the board ranks him 205th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Ted Hurst III is 1.3 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 Darius Cooper is 1.0 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.
Ted Hurst III's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season through Week 6
Through Week 6, Ted Hurst III has been on the field for 59 percent of TB snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 6 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 41 two minute targets.
His 22 targets have averaged 16.1 air yards.
In Week 4 against GB he caught 2 of 3 targets for 25 yards and did not score.
In Week 5 against DAL he was not given the ball.
In Week 6 against PIT he caught 3 of 6 targets for 40 yards and did not score.
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.
Their 2025 seasons
Ted Hurst III 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 Ted Hurst III holds the bigger snap share, 59 percent against 52 percent.
This season Ted Hurst III holds the bigger target share, 12 percent against 8 percent.
Byes and availability
Both are off in Week 10, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Ted Hurst III for Darius Cooper?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Darius Cooper projects 34 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (3.4 a game over 10 games), Ted Hurst III 28 (2.8 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Darius Cooper over Ted Hurst III.
Should I drop Darius Cooper for Ted Hurst III?
No. Keep Darius Cooper: he projects 34 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (3.4 a game over 10 games), Ted Hurst III 28 (2.8 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Darius Cooper over Ted Hurst III.
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