Start Ladd McConkey or Darius Cooper? Week 9
Updated Nov 3, 6:16 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 10 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Ladd McConkey over Darius Cooper
- Market projects
- 9.6
- recent weeks avg
- HOU D vs WR
- 37.3
- 5th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 46%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 13%
- Through Week 8
- Market projects
- 7.8
- recent weeks avg
- NYG D vs WR
- 31.3
- 16th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 59%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 10%
- Through Week 8
Should I drop Darius Cooper for Ladd McConkey?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Ladd McConkey projects 88 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (9.8 a game over 9 games), Darius Cooper 10 (1.2 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Ladd McConkey over Darius Cooper.
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Our Week 9 call
Start Ladd McConkey over Darius Cooper in Week 9.
Market-based projections have Ladd McConkey at 9.6 points and Darius Cooper at 7.8, a gap of 1.8. No player market is posted for Ladd McConkey this week yet, so his 9.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 8 (9.0 and 10.3); 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 Ladd McConkey yet. His market-based projections were 9.0 and 10.3 points in Weeks 6 and 8, an average of 9.6, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
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 Ladd McConkey 1.8 points ahead of Darius Cooper on these projections.
Week 9 matchups
Ladd McConkey and LAC host HOU on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.
HOU allowed 37.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 5th most in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 187 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against HOU.
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, Ladd McConkey has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Ladd McConkey is not on the injury report.
Darius Cooper is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 9
Through Week 8, Ladd McConkey played 46 percent of LAC snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 21 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.
Ladd McConkey, Week 3 against BUF: 61 of 69 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 66 yards.
Ladd McConkey, Week 4 against SEA: 24 of 71 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Ladd McConkey, Week 6 against KC: 8 of 68 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 17 yards.
Ladd McConkey, Week 8 against LAR: 6 targets and 4 catches for 86 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, Ladd McConkey played 16 games for LAC and scored 180.9 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing WR30.
He caught 66 of 106 targets for 789 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets and 479 air yards.
He was on the field for 78 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
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 9, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Darius Cooper for Ladd McConkey?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Ladd McConkey projects 88 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (9.8 a game over 9 games), Darius Cooper 10 (1.2 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Ladd McConkey over Darius Cooper.
Should I drop Ladd McConkey for Darius Cooper?
No. Keep Ladd McConkey: he projects 88 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (9.8 a game over 9 games), Darius Cooper 10 (1.2 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Ladd McConkey over Darius Cooper.
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