Should I start Denzel Boston or Omar Cooper Jr. in Week 8?

The market-based projections

Denzel Boston's market-based projection is 9.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 7 market sources. That is the 82nd highest figure of the 207 players with a market-based projection.

Omar Cooper Jr.'s market-based projection is 9.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 85th highest figure of the 207 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Denzel Boston, and the board ranks him 57th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Omar Cooper Jr., and the board ranks him 60th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Denzel Boston has been on the field for 91 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 54 third down targets, had 0 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 39 two minute targets.

His 42 targets have averaged 16.6 air yards.

In Week 5 against NYJ he caught 3 of 7 targets for 46 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against BAL he caught 1 of 5 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against TEN he caught 3 of 8 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Omar Cooper Jr. has been on the field for 64 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 9 third down targets and had 1 of its 3 chances inside the five.

His 5 targets have averaged 10.2 air yards.

In Week 7 against MIA he caught 5 of 5 targets for 115 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their last full seasons

Denzel Boston is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Omar Cooper Jr. is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Head to head

This season Denzel Boston holds the bigger snap share, 91 percent against 64 percent.

This season Denzel Boston holds the bigger target share, 20 percent against 17 percent.

Byes and availability

Denzel Boston is off in Week 11 and Omar Cooper Jr. in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.2 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.