Start Makai Lemon or Darius Cooper? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Makai Lemon over Darius Cooper in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Makai Lemon at 3.9 points and Darius Cooper at 3.7, a gap of 0.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Darius Cooper this week yet, so his 3.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (1.7, 3.8 and 5.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 3.9 fantasy points for Makai Lemon, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Makai Lemon is 16 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.1 touchdowns (8, 11 and 13 market sources).

No Week 6 player market is posted for Darius Cooper yet. His market-based projections were 1.7, 3.8 and 5.6 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 3.7, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market-based projection for Darius Cooper is 0.1 touchdowns (13 market sources).

That puts Makai Lemon 0.2 points ahead of Darius Cooper on these projections.

Week 6 matchups

Makai Lemon and PHI host CAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CAR allowed 28.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 4 games, the 9th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 152 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against CAR.

Injury status

Makai Lemon is not on the injury report.

Darius Cooper is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Makai Lemon played 70 percent of PHI snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Makai Lemon, Week 2 against TEN: 48 of 76 snaps, 1 carry for -5 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 14 yards.

Makai Lemon, Week 3 against CHI: 35 of 50 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 29 yards.

Makai Lemon, Week 4 against LAR: 45 of 61 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 27 yards.

Makai Lemon, Week 5 against JAX: 50 of 62 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 43 yards.

Through Week 5, Darius Cooper played 50 percent of PHI snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

Darius Cooper, Week 2 against TEN: 31 of 76 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 26 yards, 1 touchdown.

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.

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 6 calls

• Start Bo Melton over Makai Lemon.
• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Makai Lemon.
• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Makai Lemon.
• Start Bo Melton over Darius Cooper.
• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Darius Cooper.
• Start Darius Cooper over Calvin Ridley.