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Should I start Omar Cooper Jr. or Michael Wilson in Week 10?

Updated Nov 11, 3:26 AM ET.

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  • : Michael Wilson: Out to IR (Neck, Fracture) (Sleeper injury feed)
  • : Cardinals WR Michael Wilson (neck) to miss rest of season (ESPN)
  • : Michael Wilson: Listed Out (Neck, Fracture) (Sleeper injury feed)

Start Michael Wilson: 84 percent of the snaps and 26 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Omar Cooper Jr.'s 76 percent of the snaps and 18 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.

WR56 · NYJ · bye 13

2026 vs anytime td line 2-3

Market-based projection
11.2 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
141

WR61 · ARI · bye 14

2026 vs anytime td line 2-7

Market-based projection
10.9 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
147

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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 141st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Michael Wilson, and the board ranks him 147th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market has Omar Cooper Jr. at 2.1 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 Michael Wilson is 1.9 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 9

Through Week 9, Omar Cooper Jr. has been on the field for 76 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 1 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 4 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have averaged 4.5 air yards.

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

In Week 8 against LV he was not given the ball.

In Week 9 against KC he caught 8 of 11 targets for 58 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Michael Wilson has been on the field for 88 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 24 of the offence's 95 third down targets, had 10 of its 32 chances inside the five and seen 22 of its 58 two minute targets.

His 88 targets have averaged 10.8 air yards.

In Week 7 against DEN he carried 2 times for 11 yards, caught 4 of 8 targets for 55 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against DAL he carried 1 time for 17 yards, caught 8 of 15 targets for 111 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against SEA he caught 6 of 7 targets for 60 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 Michael Wilson played 17 games and scored 220.6 PPR points, 13.0 a game, finishing WR10.

He caught 78 of 126 targets for 1006 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 7.4 targets a game, a 62 percent catch rate and 12.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 81 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Head to head

This season Michael Wilson holds the bigger snap share, 88 percent against 76 percent.

This season Michael Wilson holds the bigger target share, 26 percent against 18 percent.

Byes and availability

Omar Cooper Jr. is off in Week 13 and Michael Wilson in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

Michael Wilson is listed as ir on the injury report.

Both players in full

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