Start Jakobi Meyers or Darius Cooper? Week 8

Updated Oct 27, 12:11 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 9 answer posts Tuesday.

Start Jakobi Meyers over Darius Cooper

Start

Jakobi Meyers

WR · JAX · vs IND

Market projects: 8.6; recent weeks avg
IND D vs WR: 29.0; 8th fewest to WRs (2026)
Upside: High; 89 of 100 at WR
Snap share: 80%; Through Week 6
Target share: 16%; Through Week 6

Sit

Darius Cooper

WR · PHI · at WAS

Market projects: 7.4; recent weeks avg
WAS D vs WR: 35.9; 6th most to WRs (2026)
Upside: Moderate; 48 of 100 at WR
Snap share: 59%; Through Week 7
Target share: 8%; Through Week 7

Should I drop Darius Cooper for Jakobi Meyers?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Jakobi Meyers projects 91 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (9.1 a game over 10 games), Darius Cooper 30 (3.3 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Jakobi Meyers over Darius Cooper.

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Our Week 8 call

Start Jakobi Meyers over Darius Cooper in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Jakobi Meyers at 8.6 points and Darius Cooper at 7.4, a gap of 1.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Jakobi Meyers this week yet, so his 8.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (9.0 and 8.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Darius Cooper this week yet, so his 7.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 7 (5.6 and 9.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Jakobi Meyers yet. His market-based projections were 9.0 and 8.3 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 8.6, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

No Week 8 player market is posted for Darius Cooper yet. His market-based projections were 5.6 and 9.2 points in Weeks 5 and 7, an average of 7.4, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

That puts Jakobi Meyers 1.3 points ahead of Darius Cooper on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Jakobi Meyers 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.

Darius Cooper and PHI visit WAS on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

WAS allowed 35.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 6th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 158 yards and 1.2 touchdowns a game against WAS.

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

Injury status

Jakobi Meyers is not on the injury report.

Darius Cooper is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 6, Jakobi Meyers played 80 percent of JAX snaps, drew 16 percent of the targets, earned 20 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

Jakobi Meyers, Week 3 against NE: 50 of 62 snaps, 8 targets and 7 catches for 64 yards, 1 touchdown.

Jakobi Meyers, Week 4 against CIN: 50 of 61 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 33 yards.

Jakobi Meyers, Week 5 against PHI: 61 of 72 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 37 yards.

Jakobi Meyers, Week 6 against HOU: 53 of 71 snaps, 10 targets and 5 catches for 83 yards.

Through Week 7, Darius Cooper played 59 percent of PHI snaps, drew 8 percent of the targets, earned 12 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Darius Cooper, Week 7 against DAL: 61 of 62 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 17 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jakobi Meyers played 16 games for JAX and scored 175.8 PPR points, 11.0 a game, finishing WR32.

He caught 75 of 110 targets for 835 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets and 553 air yards.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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 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.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Darius Cooper for Jakobi Meyers?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Jakobi Meyers projects 91 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (9.1 a game over 10 games), Darius Cooper 30 (3.3 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Jakobi Meyers over Darius Cooper.
Should I drop Jakobi Meyers for Darius Cooper?
No. Keep Jakobi Meyers: he projects 91 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (9.1 a game over 10 games), Darius Cooper 30 (3.3 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Jakobi Meyers over Darius Cooper.

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