Should I start Omar Cooper Jr. or Isaac TeSlaa in Week 9?
Updated Nov 3, 3:46 AM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
Start Omar Cooper Jr.: 64 percent of the snaps and 17 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Isaac TeSlaa's 57 percent of the snaps and 11 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.
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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.
WR63 · NYJ · bye 13
2026 vs anytime td line 2-2
- Market-based projection
- 9.3 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 158
WR64 · DET · bye 6
2026 vs anytime td line 0-7
- Market-based projection
- 4.6 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 159
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The gap
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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 Omar Cooper Jr., and the board ranks him 158th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Isaac TeSlaa, and the board ranks him 159th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market has Omar Cooper Jr. at 1.4 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.
The market-based projection for Isaac TeSlaa is 1.4 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.
Omar Cooper Jr.'s projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season through Week 7
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.
Through Week 7, Isaac TeSlaa has been on the field for 60 percent of DET snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 4 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 0 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 26 two minute targets.
His 21 targets have averaged 12.4 air yards.
In Week 4 against CAR he caught 4 of 8 targets for 95 yards and did not score.
In Week 5 against ARI he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against GB he caught 1 of 2 targets for 10 yards and did not score.
Their 2025 seasons
Omar Cooper Jr. is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.
In 2025 Isaac TeSlaa played 17 games and scored 75.9 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing WR82.
He caught 16 of 27 targets for 239 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets.
That came to 1.6 targets a game, a 59 percent catch rate and 14.9 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 38 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Head to head
This season Omar Cooper Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 64 percent against 60 percent.
This season Omar Cooper Jr. holds the bigger target share, 17 percent against 10 percent.
Byes and availability
Omar Cooper Jr. is off in Week 13 and Isaac TeSlaa in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.
Both players in full
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