Should I start Xavier Hutchinson or Darius Cooper in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Darius Cooper, and the board ranks him 284th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Xavier Hutchinson is 1.0 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 Darius Cooper, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Xavier Hutchinson has been on the field for 54 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 1 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 34 targets have averaged 11.9 air yards.

In Week 4 against DAL he caught 3 of 5 targets for 46 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against TEN he caught 4 of 5 targets for 65 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against JAX he caught 2 of 3 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Darius Cooper has been on the field for 50 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

In 2025 Xavier Hutchinson played 17 games and scored 98.0 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR64.

He caught 35 of 57 targets for 428 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 3.4 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 12.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 57 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.

Xavier Hutchinson was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

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

Xavier Hutchinson had 46 more targets than Darius Cooper, 57 to 11.

Xavier Hutchinson had 336 more receiving yards than Darius Cooper, 428 to 92.

This season Xavier Hutchinson holds the bigger snap share, 54 percent against 50 percent.

This season Xavier Hutchinson holds the bigger target share, 17 percent against 8 percent.

Byes and availability

Xavier Hutchinson is off in Week 8 and Darius Cooper in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.