Should I start Kyler Murray or Omar Cooper Jr. in Week 8?

The market-based projections

Kyler Murray's market-based projection is 17.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 18th highest figure of the 209 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 9 market sources. That is the 93rd highest figure of the 209 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kyler Murray, and the board ranks him 85th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 18.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Omar Cooper Jr., and the board ranks him 83rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Kyler Murray has been on the field for 84 percent of MIN snaps, dropped back 151 times and thrown 6.9 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 21 of 151 dropbacks and scrambled 15 times.

In Week 4 against MIA he completed 27 of 37 passes for 247 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 21 yards.

In Week 5 against NO he completed 24 of 29 passes for 229 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 7 times for 54 yards.

In Week 7 against IND he completed 14 of 24 passes for 150 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 41 yards.

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 2025 seasons

In 2025 Kyler Murray played 5 games and scored 80.8 PPR points, 16.2 a game, finishing QB38.

He threw for 962 yards on 161 attempts with 6 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran for 173 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 32.2 attempts a game at 6.0 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 99 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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

Side by side

Kyler Murray is a quarterback and Omar Cooper Jr. a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Kyler Murray is off in Week 6 and Omar Cooper Jr. in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

8.1 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.