Start Jordan Addison or Darius Cooper? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Jordan Addison over Darius Cooper in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Jordan Addison at 8.9 points and Darius Cooper at 7.8, a gap of 1.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Jordan Addison this week yet, so his 8.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 8 (9.1 and 8.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Darius Cooper this week yet, so his 7.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 8 (9.2 and 6.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for Jordan Addison yet. His market-based projections were 9.1 and 8.8 points in Weeks 7 and 8, an average of 9.0, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

The market-based projection for Jordan Addison is 0.3 touchdowns (5 market sources).

No Week 9 player market is posted for Darius Cooper yet. His market-based projections were 9.2 and 6.5 points in Weeks 7 and 8, an average of 7.8, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

That puts Jordan Addison 1.1 points ahead of Darius Cooper on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Jordan Addison and MIN host BUF on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

BUF allowed 42.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 174 yards and 1.8 touchdowns a game against BUF.

Darius Cooper and PHI host NYG on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NYG allowed 31.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 16th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 127 yards and 1.3 touchdowns a game against NYG.

By points allowed to the position, Jordan Addison has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Jordan Addison is not on the injury report.

Darius Cooper is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Jordan Addison played 90 percent of MIN snaps, drew 22 percent of the targets, earned 38 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Jordan Addison, Week 3 against TB: 58 of 59 snaps, 9 targets and 5 catches for 90 yards, 1 touchdown.

Jordan Addison, Week 4 against MIA: 75 of 78 snaps, 1 carry for -1 yards, 6 targets and 4 catches for 52 yards.

Jordan Addison, Week 7 against IND: 49 of 59 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 20 yards.

Jordan Addison, Week 8 against DET: 8 targets and 3 catches for 66 yards.

Through Week 8, Darius Cooper played 59 percent of PHI snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 15 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Darius Cooper, Week 8 against WAS: 6 targets and 2 catches for 19 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jordan Addison played 14 games for MIN and scored 135.1 PPR points, 9.7 a game, finishing WR45.

He caught 42 of 79 targets for 610 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets and 477 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 9 calls

• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Jordan Addison.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Jordan Addison.
• Start Jordan Addison over DeMario Douglas.
• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Darius Cooper.
• Start Darius Cooper over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Darius Cooper.