Start Adonai Mitchell or Darius Cooper? Week 7

Updated Oct 24, 7:16 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 8 answer posts Tuesday.

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Start Adonai Mitchell over Darius Cooper

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Adonai Mitchell

WR · NYJ · vs MIA

Market projects: 6.5; fantasy pts
MIA D vs WR: 23.2; 3rd fewest to WRs (2026)
Upside: Rising; 80 of 100 at WR
Snap share: 76%; Through Week 2
Target share: 25%; Through Week 2

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Darius Cooper

WR · PHI · vs DAL

Market projects: 4.7; recent weeks avg
DAL D vs WR: 36.2; 7th most to WRs (2026)
Upside: Limited; 31 of 100 at WR
Snap share: 52%; Through Week 6
Target share: 8%; Through Week 6

Should I drop Adonai Mitchell for Darius Cooper?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Darius Cooper projects 30 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (3.3 a game over 9 games), Adonai Mitchell 17 (1.9 a game over 9 games). For Week 7 the call starts Adonai Mitchell over Darius Cooper. So make the move after his Week 7 game.

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Our Week 7 call

Start Adonai Mitchell over Darius Cooper in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Adonai Mitchell at 6.5 points and Darius Cooper at 4.7, a gap of 1.8. No player market is posted for Darius Cooper this week yet, so his 4.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (3.8 and 5.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 6.5 fantasy points for Adonai Mitchell, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Adonai Mitchell is 27 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (9, 8 and 12 market sources).

No Week 7 player market is posted for Darius Cooper yet. His market-based projections were 3.8 and 5.6 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 4.7, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Darius Cooper is 0.2 touchdowns (13 market sources).

That puts Adonai Mitchell 1.8 points ahead of Darius Cooper on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Adonai Mitchell and NYJ host MIA on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

MIA allowed 23.2 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 3rd fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 110 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against MIA.

Darius Cooper and PHI host DAL on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

DAL allowed 36.2 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 7th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 169 yards and a touchdown a game against DAL.

By points allowed to the position, Darius Cooper has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Adonai Mitchell is not on the injury report.

Darius Cooper is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 2, Adonai Mitchell played 76 percent of NYJ snaps, drew 25 percent of the targets, earned 56 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Adonai Mitchell, Week 1 against TEN: 46 of 67 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 60 yards.

Adonai Mitchell, Week 2 against GB: 61 of 74 snaps, 12 targets and 6 catches for 63 yards.

Through Week 6, Darius Cooper played 52 percent of PHI snaps, drew 8 percent of the targets, earned 12 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Darius Cooper, Week 3 against CHI: 5 of 50 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Darius Cooper, Week 4 against LAR: 55 of 61 snaps, 7 targets and 3 catches for 33 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Darius Cooper, Week 5 against JAX: 53 of 62 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 71 yards, 1 touchdown.

Darius Cooper, Week 6 against CAR: 39 of 64 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 9 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Adonai Mitchell played 16 games for NYJ and scored 87.9 PPR points, 5.5 a game, finishing WR73.

He caught 33 of 74 targets for 453 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 373 air yards.

He was on the field for 50 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Adonai Mitchell, Week 18 of 2025 against BUF: 3 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

In 2025, Darius Cooper played 13 games for PHI and scored 18.2 PPR points, 1.4 a game.

He caught 9 of 11 targets for 92 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets and 70 air yards.

He was on the field for 19 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 7, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Adonai Mitchell for Darius Cooper?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Darius Cooper projects 30 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (3.3 a game over 9 games), Adonai Mitchell 17 (1.9 a game over 9 games). For Week 7 the call starts Adonai Mitchell over Darius Cooper. So make the move after his Week 7 game.
Should I drop Darius Cooper for Adonai Mitchell?
No. Keep Darius Cooper: he projects 30 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (3.3 a game over 9 games), Adonai Mitchell 17 (1.9 a game over 9 games). For Week 7 the call starts Adonai Mitchell over Darius Cooper.

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