Start Caleb Douglas or Omar Cooper Jr.? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Omar Cooper Jr. over Caleb Douglas in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Omar Cooper Jr. at 9.3 points and Caleb Douglas at 9.2, a gap of 0.1. 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 9.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (7.1, 9.4 and 11.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 10 player market is posted for Omar Cooper Jr. yet. His market-based projections were 7.1, 9.4 and 11.3 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 9.3, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

The market-based projection for Omar Cooper Jr. is 0.3 touchdowns (6 market sources).

Player markets imply 9.2 fantasy points for Caleb Douglas, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Caleb Douglas is 42 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (6, 6 and 6 market sources).

That puts Omar Cooper Jr. 0.1 points ahead of Caleb Douglas on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

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

BUF allowed 37.1 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 5th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 154 yards and 1.6 touchdowns a game against BUF.

Caleb Douglas and MIA visit IND on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

IND allowed 27.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 7th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 130 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against IND.

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

Injury status

Omar Cooper Jr. is listed as questionable with a ankle injury.

Caleb Douglas is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Omar Cooper Jr. played 76 percent of NYJ snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 3 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.

Omar Cooper Jr., Week 8 against LV: 50 of 64 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Omar Cooper Jr., Week 9 against KC: 54 of 63 snaps, 11 targets and 8 catches for 58 yards.

Through Week 9, Caleb Douglas played 81 percent of MIA snaps, drew 22 percent of the targets, earned 31 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Caleb Douglas, Week 2 against SF: 51 of 59 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 19 yards.

Caleb Douglas, Week 7 against NYJ: 44 of 65 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 70 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Caleb Douglas, Week 8 against NE: 56 of 65 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 43 yards.

Caleb Douglas, Week 9 against DET: 42 of 57 snaps, 8 targets and 6 catches for 70 yards.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Omar Cooper Jr. over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Omar Cooper Jr. over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Deebo Samuel Sr. over Omar Cooper Jr..
• Start Caleb Douglas over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Deebo Samuel Sr. over Caleb Douglas.
• Start DeMario Douglas over Caleb Douglas.