Start Jahan Dotson or Darius Cooper? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Darius Cooper over Jahan Dotson in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Darius Cooper at 4.7 points and Jahan Dotson at 4.3, 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. No player market is posted for Jahan Dotson this week yet, so his 4.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (4.0 and 4.7); 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.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Jahan Dotson yet. His market-based projections were 4.0 and 4.7 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 4.3, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Darius Cooper 0.3 points ahead of Jahan Dotson on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

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

DAL allowed 35.5 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 12th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 162 yards and a touchdown a game against DAL.

Jahan Dotson and ATL host SF on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

SF allowed 27.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 7th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 127 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against SF.

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

Injury status

Darius Cooper is not on the injury report.

Jahan Dotson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Darius Cooper played 50 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: 2 targets and 1 catch for 9 yards.

Through Week 6, Jahan Dotson played 67 percent of ATL snaps, drew 14 percent of the targets, earned 34 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Jahan Dotson, Week 3 against GB: 47 of 71 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 11 yards.

Jahan Dotson, Week 4 against NO: 36 of 57 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 54 yards, 1 touchdown.

Jahan Dotson, Week 5 against BAL: 42 of 64 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 54 yards.

Jahan Dotson, Week 6 against CHI: 5 targets and 3 catches for 87 yards, 1 touchdown.

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, Jahan Dotson played 17 games for PHI and scored 50.2 PPR points, 3.0 a game, finishing WR109.

He caught 18 of 36 targets for 262 yards and 1 touchdown, with 3 red zone targets and 212 air yards.

He was on the field for 55 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Brycen Tremayne over Darius Cooper.
• Start Darius Cooper over Cody White.
• Start Cooper Kupp over Darius Cooper.
• Start Brycen Tremayne over Jahan Dotson.
• Start Jahan Dotson over Cody White.
• Start Jahan Dotson over Darnell Mooney.