Should I start Darius Cooper or Tez Johnson in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Darius Cooper, and the board ranks him 157th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Our board does not carry Tez Johnson at all right now: live drafts have stopped taking him and there is no player market on him this week, so he has no rank, no tier and no ADP here.

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.

No season market is posted for Tez Johnson, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season through Week 8

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.

Through Week 8, Tez Johnson has been on the field for 39 percent of TB snaps, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 60 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 44 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 19.6 air yards.

In Week 6 against PIT he caught 2 of 3 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CAR he carried 1 time for 14 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 33 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against ATL he was not given the ball.

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 Tez Johnson played 16 games and scored 92.4 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR67.

He caught 28 of 44 targets for 322 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 2.8 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 12 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 47 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tez Johnson was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Tez Johnson scored 5.8 PPR points a game and Darius Cooper 1.4, 4.4 a game between them.

Tez Johnson had 33 more targets than Darius Cooper, 44 to 11.

Tez Johnson had 230 more receiving yards than Darius Cooper, 322 to 92.

This season Darius Cooper holds the bigger snap share, 64 percent against 39 percent.

This season Darius Cooper holds the bigger target share, 10 percent against 7 percent.

Byes and availability

Darius Cooper is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Tez Johnson.