Start Ja'Kobi Lane or Darius Cooper? Week 7
Updated Oct 24, 4:16 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 8 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Darius Cooper over Ja'Kobi Lane
- Market projects
- 9.2
- fantasy pts
- DAL D vs WR
- 36.2
- 7th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 52%
- Through Week 6
- Target share
- 8%
- Through Week 6
- Market projects
- 4.8
- fantasy pts
- CIN D vs WR
- 29.5
- 9th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 46%
- Through Week 6
- Target share
- 15%
- Through Week 6
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Our Week 7 call
Start Darius Cooper over Ja'Kobi Lane in Week 7.
Market-based projections have Darius Cooper at 9.2 points and Ja'Kobi Lane at 4.8, a gap of 4.4.
What the market projects
Player markets imply 9.2 fantasy points for Darius Cooper, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market-based projection for Darius Cooper is 40 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (9, 8 and 12 market sources).
Player markets imply 4.8 fantasy points for Ja'Kobi Lane, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market-based projection for Ja'Kobi Lane is 22 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (12, 12 and 11 market sources).
That puts Darius Cooper 4.4 points ahead of Ja'Kobi Lane on the market 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.
Ja'Kobi Lane and BAL host CIN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
CIN allowed 29.5 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 9th fewest in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 123 yards and a touchdown a game against CIN.
By points allowed to the position, Darius Cooper has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Darius Cooper is not on the injury report.
Ja'Kobi Lane 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.
Through Week 6, Ja'Kobi Lane played 46 percent of BAL snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 16 percent of the air yards and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.
Ja'Kobi Lane, Week 1 against IND: 27 of 68 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 11 yards.
Ja'Kobi Lane, Week 6 against CLE: 31 of 57 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 40 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.
Their other Week 7 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 7, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Week 7 on the board
- Is Ja'Kobi Lane playing Week 7?
- Is Darius Cooper playing Week 7?
- Ravens 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