Start Savion Williams or Darius Cooper? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Darius Cooper over Savion Williams in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Darius Cooper at 7.4 points and Savion Williams at 6.4, a gap of 1.0. 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 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.

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.

Player markets imply 6.4 fantasy points for Savion Williams, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Savion Williams is 24 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (12, 12 and 12 market sources).

That puts Darius Cooper 1.0 points ahead of Savion Williams 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.

Savion Williams and GB host CAR on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

CAR allowed 27.7 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 6th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 133 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against CAR.

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

Injury status

Darius Cooper is not on the injury report.

Savion Williams 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, Savion Williams played 56 percent of GB snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 5 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Savion Williams, Week 6 against DAL: 40 of 75 snaps, 2 carries for 9 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 32 yards.

Savion Williams, Week 7 against DET: 40 of 67 snaps, 2 carries for 4 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 47 yards.

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.

In 2025, Savion Williams played 12 games for GB and scored 25.5 PPR points, 2.1 a game, finishing WR144.

He caught 10 of 10 targets for 78 yards and 1 touchdown, with 4 red zone targets and 17 air yards.

He was on the field for 12 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Savion Williams, Week 16 of 2025 against CHI: 3 of 72 snaps, 2 carries for 9 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 0.9 PPR points.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start Adonai Mitchell over Darius Cooper.
• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Darius Cooper.
• Start Darius Cooper over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Adonai Mitchell over Savion Williams.
• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Savion Williams.
• Start Savion Williams over Cooper Kupp.