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Start Tre Tucker or Darius Cooper? Week 9

Updated Nov 3, 3:46 AM ET.

Start Tre Tucker over Darius Cooper

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Tre Tucker

WR · LV · at SF

Market projects
9.6
recent weeks avg
SF D vs WR
29.1
9th fewest to WRs (2026)
Snap share
68%
Through Week 8
Target share
17%
Through Week 8
Sit

Darius Cooper

WR · PHI · vs NYG

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 Tre Tucker?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Tre Tucker projects 73 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (9.1 a game over 8 games), Darius Cooper 10 (1.2 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Tre Tucker over Darius Cooper.

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Our Week 9 call

Start Tre Tucker over Darius Cooper in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Tre Tucker at 9.6 points and Darius Cooper at 7.8, a gap of 1.7. No player market is posted for Tre Tucker this week yet, so his 9.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (9.1, 9.2 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 Tre Tucker yet. His market-based projections were 9.1, 9.2 and 10.3 points in Weeks 6, 7 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 Tre Tucker 1.7 points ahead of Darius Cooper on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Tre Tucker and LV visit SF on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

SF allowed 29.1 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 9th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 130 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against SF.

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, Darius Cooper has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Tre Tucker is not on the injury report.

Darius Cooper is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Tre Tucker played 68 percent of LV snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 28 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Tre Tucker, Week 5 against NE: 45 of 60 snaps, 2 carries for -6 yards, 5 targets and 4 catches for 41 yards.

Tre Tucker, Week 6 against BUF: 46 of 66 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 97 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Tre Tucker, Week 7 against LAR: 56 of 68 snaps, 12 targets and 5 catches for 103 yards, 1 touchdown.

Tre Tucker, Week 8 against NYJ: 1 target and 0 catches for 0 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, Tre Tucker played 17 games for LV and scored 161.7 PPR points, 9.5 a game, finishing WR38.

He caught 57 of 92 targets for 696 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 405 air yards.

He was on the field for 95 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 Tre Tucker?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Tre Tucker projects 73 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (9.1 a game over 8 games), Darius Cooper 10 (1.2 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Tre Tucker over Darius Cooper.

  • Should I drop Tre Tucker for Darius Cooper?

    No. Keep Tre Tucker: he projects 73 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (9.1 a game over 8 games), Darius Cooper 10 (1.2 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Tre Tucker over Darius Cooper.

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