Start Brian Thomas Jr. or Darius Cooper? Week 5
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Darius Cooper over Brian Thomas Jr.
- Market projects
- 5.8
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 41%
- Through Week 4
- Target share
- 9%
- Through Week 4
- Market projects
- 5.5
- fantasy pts
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Our Week 5 call
Start Darius Cooper over Brian Thomas Jr. in Week 5.
Market-based projections have Darius Cooper at 5.8 points and Brian Thomas Jr. at 5.5, a gap of 0.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.
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What the market projects
Player markets imply 5.8 fantasy points for Darius Cooper, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market gives Darius Cooper a 18% chance to score a touchdown (14 market sources).
Player markets imply 5.5 fantasy points for Brian Thomas Jr., with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market has Brian Thomas Jr. at 24.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 21% chance to score a touchdown (14, 14 and 14 market sources).
That puts Darius Cooper 0.3 points ahead of Brian Thomas Jr. on the market projections.
Injury status
Darius Cooper is not on the injury report.
Brian Thomas Jr. is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 5
Through Week 4, Darius Cooper played 41 percent of PHI snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.
Darius Cooper, Week 1 against WAS: 8 of 55 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Darius Cooper, Week 2 against TEN: 31 of 76 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 26 yards, 1 touchdown.
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.
Their 2025 seasons
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 5 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
WR49 · JAX · bye 7
2026 vs anytime td line 1-3
- Overall rank
- 133
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 17
Ranked behind
WR54 · PHI · bye unlisted
2026 vs anytime td line 2-2
- Overall rank
- 143
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 17
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 5, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board10
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tiersboth in tier 17
- Board size254 draftable players
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