Should I start Darius Cooper or Tim Patrick in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Darius Cooper, and the board ranks him 202nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tim Patrick, and the board ranks him 205th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Darius Cooper is 0.9 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 Tim Patrick is 0.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 10 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.

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

This season through Week 6

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.

Through Week 6, Tim Patrick has been on the field for 82 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 14 third down targets and seen 3 of its 10 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 7.7 air yards.

In Week 5 against CLE he caught 2 of 3 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NE he caught 1 of 3 targets for 15 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 Tim Patrick played 16 games and scored 51.7 PPR points, 3.2 a game, finishing WR107.

He caught 15 of 24 targets for 187 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 1-2 targets a game, a 63 percent catch rate and 13 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 31 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tim Patrick was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Tim Patrick scored 3.2 PPR points a game and Darius Cooper 1.4, 1.8 a game between them.

Tim Patrick had 13 more targets than Darius Cooper, 24 to 11.

Tim Patrick had 95 more receiving yards than Darius Cooper, 187 to 92.

This season Tim Patrick holds the bigger snap share, 82 percent against 52 percent.

This season Tim Patrick holds the bigger target share, 10 percent against 8 percent.

Byes and availability

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