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Start Omar Cooper Jr. or Brian Thomas Jr.? Week 8

Updated Oct 27, 1:11 PM ET.

Start Omar Cooper Jr. over Brian Thomas Jr.

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Omar Cooper Jr.

WR · NYJ · vs LV

Market projects
5.5
recent weeks avg
LV D vs WR
31.4
16th most to WRs (2026)
Upside
Rising
77 of 100 at WR
Snap share
64%
Through Week 7
Target share
17%
Through Week 7
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Brian Thomas Jr.

WR · JAX · vs IND

Market projects
4.7
recent weeks avg
IND D vs WR
29.0
8th fewest to WRs (2026)
Upside
Limited
31 of 100 at WR

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Our Week 8 call

Start Omar Cooper Jr. over Brian Thomas Jr. in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Omar Cooper Jr. at 5.5 points and Brian Thomas Jr. at 4.7, a gap of 0.7. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Omar Cooper Jr. this week yet, so his 5.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 7 (3.9 and 7.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Brian Thomas Jr. this week yet, so his 4.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (5.1 and 4.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Omar Cooper Jr. yet. His market-based projections were 3.9 and 7.1 points in Weeks 6 and 7, an average of 5.5, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

The market-based projection for Omar Cooper Jr. is 0.4 touchdowns (6 market sources).

No Week 8 player market is posted for Brian Thomas Jr. yet. His market-based projections were 5.1 and 4.4 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 4.7, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

That puts Omar Cooper Jr. 0.7 points ahead of Brian Thomas Jr. on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Omar Cooper Jr. and NYJ host LV on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

LV allowed 31.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 16th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 150 yards and 1.1 touchdowns a game against LV.

Brian Thomas Jr. and JAX host IND on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

IND allowed 29.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 8th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 142 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against IND.

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

Injury status

Omar Cooper Jr. is not on the injury report.

Brian Thomas Jr. is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Omar Cooper Jr. played 64 percent of NYJ snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 35 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Omar Cooper Jr., Week 7 against MIA: 38 of 59 snaps, 5 targets and 5 catches for 115 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Brian Thomas Jr. played 14 games for JAX and scored 138.8 PPR points, 9.9 a game, finishing WR42.

He caught 48 of 91 targets for 707 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets and 548 air yards.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Brian Thomas Jr., Week 18 of 2025 against TEN: 5 targets and 3 catches for 49 yards, 7.9 PPR points.

Brian Thomas Jr., Week 17 of 2025 against IND: 54 of 69 snaps, 7 targets and 4 catches for 39 yards, 7.9 PPR points.

Brian Thomas Jr., Week 16 of 2025 against DEN: 51 of 70 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards, 3.8 PPR points.

Their other Week 8 calls

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 8, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

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