Should I start Omar Cooper or Josh Downs in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Omar Cooper, and the board ranks him 192nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Josh Downs, and the board ranks him 193rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Omar Cooper is 1.3 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.

The market-based projection for Josh Downs is 1.3 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.

Omar 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, Omar Cooper has been on the field for 43 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 9 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 12 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 11.6 air yards.

In Week 1 against TEN he caught 1 of 1 target for 30 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NE he caught 6 of 7 targets for 103 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Josh Downs has been on the field for 81 percent of IND snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 0 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 42 targets have averaged 10.7 air yards.

In Week 4 against WAS he caught 3 of 4 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against PIT he caught 3 of 6 targets for 47 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against TEN he carried 1 time for 7 yards, caught 4 of 8 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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

In 2025 Josh Downs played 16 games and scored 136.4 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing WR44.

He caught 58 of 88 targets for 566 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 5-6 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 9.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Head to head

This season Josh Downs holds the bigger snap share, 81 percent against 43 percent.

This season Josh Downs holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 15 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 13, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.