Start Efton Chism III or Darius Cooper? Week 7
Updated Oct 22, 10:36 PM ET. Locked at kickoff. Graded after. Week 8 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Darius Cooper over Efton Chism III
- Market projects
- 4.7
- recent weeks avg
- DAL D vs WR
- 36.2
- 7th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 52%
- Through Week 6
- Target share
- 8%
- Through Week 6
- Market projected
- 4.4
- pre-game
- CHI D vs WR
- 31.5
- 15th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Scored
- 2.6
- PPR pts
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Our Week 7 call
Start Darius Cooper over Efton Chism III in Week 7.
Market-based projections have Darius Cooper at 4.7 points and Efton Chism III at 4.4, a gap of 0.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. 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
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 (12 market sources).
Player markets imply 4.4 fantasy points for Efton Chism III, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market-based projection for Efton Chism III is 18 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (14, 13 and 14 market sources).
That puts Darius Cooper 0.3 points ahead of Efton Chism III on these projections.
Week 7 matchups
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.
Efton Chism III and NE visit CHI on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.
CHI allowed 31.5 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 15th fewest in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 160 yards and a touchdown a game against CHI.
By points allowed to the position, Darius Cooper has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Darius Cooper is not on the injury report.
Efton Chism III is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 7
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, 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.
In 2025, Efton Chism III played 8 games for NE and scored 16.5 PPR points, 2.1 a game.
He caught 3 of 3 targets for 75 yards and 1 touchdown, with 1 red zone target and 35 air yards.
He was on the field for 14 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Efton Chism III, Week 18 of 2025 against MIA: 1 target and 1 catch for 35 yards, 4.5 PPR points.
Efton Chism III, Week 17 of 2025 against NYJ: 41 of 66 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 40 yards, 1 touchdown, 12.0 PPR points.
Their other Week 7 calls
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Week 7 on the board
- Is Efton Chism III playing Week 7?
- Is Darius Cooper playing Week 7?
- Patriots depth chart
- Eagles depth chart
- Week 7 WR rankings
- Week 7 fantasy rankings
- Week 7 start or sit
- Week 7 waiver wire
- Week 7 trade value chart
- Trade deadline buy low, sell high
- Fantasy football rankings
- Start 'em sit 'em Week 7
- Waiver wire pickups
- Fantasy sleepers
- Rest of season rankings
- Week 7 kicker rankings
- Week 7 defense rankings