Start Kayshon Boutte or Darius Cooper? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Kayshon Boutte over Darius Cooper in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Kayshon Boutte at 5.2 points and Darius Cooper at 4.7, a gap of 0.5. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Kayshon Boutte this week yet, so his 5.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (4.3 and 6.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. 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 Kayshon Boutte yet. His market-based projections were 4.3 and 6.1 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 5.2, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

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.

That puts Kayshon Boutte 0.5 points ahead of Darius Cooper on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Kayshon Boutte and HOU host NYG on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NYG allowed 30.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 15th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 139 yards and a touchdown a game against NYG.

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.

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

Injury status

Kayshon Boutte is not on the injury report.

Darius Cooper is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Kayshon Boutte played 58 percent of HOU snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 12 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Kayshon Boutte, Week 3 against IND: 37 of 54 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 21 yards.

Kayshon Boutte, Week 4 against DAL: 34 of 55 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 36 yards.

Kayshon Boutte, Week 5 against TEN: 39 of 66 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 38 yards.

Kayshon Boutte, Week 6 against JAX: 26 of 63 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 16 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Kayshon Boutte played 14 games for NE and scored 124.1 PPR points, 8.9 a game, finishing WR51.

He caught 33 of 46 targets for 551 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets and 513 air yards.

He was on the field for 68 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 7 calls

• Start Brycen Tremayne over Kayshon Boutte.
• Start Kayshon Boutte over Cody White.
• Start Cooper Kupp over Kayshon Boutte.
• Start Brycen Tremayne over Darius Cooper.
• Start Darius Cooper over Cody White.
• Start Cooper Kupp over Darius Cooper.