Start Darius Cooper or Omar Cooper Jr.? Week 8
Updated Oct 25, 10:26 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 9 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Darius Cooper over Omar Cooper Jr.
- Market projects
- 7.4
- recent weeks avg
- WAS D vs WR
- 35.9
- 6th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 59%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 8%
- Through Week 7
- Market projects
- 5.5
- recent weeks avg
- LV D vs WR
- 31.4
- 16th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 64%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 17%
- Through Week 7
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Our Week 8 call
Start Darius Cooper over Omar Cooper Jr. in Week 8.
Market-based projections have Darius Cooper at 7.4 points and Omar Cooper Jr. at 5.5, a gap of 1.9. 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. No player market is posted for Omar Cooper Jr. this week yet, so his 5.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 7 (3.9 and 7.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.
What the market projects
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.
No Week 8 player market is posted for Omar Cooper Jr. yet. His market-based projections were 3.9 and 7.1 points in Weeks 6 and 7, an average of 5.5, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.
The market-based projection for Omar Cooper Jr. is 0.4 touchdowns (6 market sources).
That puts Darius Cooper 1.9 points ahead of Omar Cooper Jr. on these projections.
Week 8 matchups
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.
Omar Cooper Jr. and NYJ host LV on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
LV allowed 31.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 16th most in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 150 yards and 1.1 touchdowns a game against LV.
By points allowed to the position, Darius Cooper has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Darius Cooper is not on the injury report.
Omar Cooper Jr. is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 8
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.
Through Week 7, Omar Cooper Jr. played 64 percent of NYJ snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 35 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.
Omar Cooper Jr., Week 7 against MIA: 38 of 59 snaps, 5 targets and 5 catches for 115 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 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.
Week 8 on the board
- Is Darius Cooper playing Week 8?
- Is Omar Cooper Jr. playing Week 8?
- Eagles depth chart
- Jets depth chart
- Week 8 WR rankings
- Week 8 fantasy rankings
- Week 8 start or sit
- Week 8 waiver wire
- Week 8 trade value chart
- Trade deadline buy low, sell high
- Fantasy football rankings
- Start 'em sit 'em Week 8
- Waiver wire pickups
- Fantasy sleepers
- Rest of season rankings
- Week 8 kicker rankings
- Week 8 defense rankings