Start Xavier Hutchinson or Darius Cooper? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Darius Cooper over Xavier Hutchinson in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Darius Cooper at 4.7 points and Xavier Hutchinson at 4.2, a gap of 0.5. 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 4.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (3.8 and 5.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Xavier Hutchinson this week yet, so his 4.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (4.6 and 3.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Darius Cooper yet. His market-based projections were 3.8 and 5.6 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 4.7, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Xavier Hutchinson yet. His market-based projections were 4.6 and 3.8 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 4.2, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Darius Cooper 0.5 points ahead of Xavier Hutchinson on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Darius Cooper and PHI host DAL on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

DAL allowed 35.5 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 12th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 162 yards and a touchdown a game against DAL.

Injury status

Darius Cooper is not on the injury report.

Xavier Hutchinson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Darius Cooper played 50 percent of PHI snaps, drew 8 percent of the targets, earned 12 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Darius Cooper, Week 6 against CAR: 2 targets and 1 catch for 9 yards.

Through Week 6, Xavier Hutchinson played 54 percent of HOU snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 20 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Xavier Hutchinson, Week 3 against IND: 29 of 54 snaps, 2 carries for 4 yards, 6 targets and 3 catches for 51 yards.

Xavier Hutchinson, Week 4 against DAL: 17 of 55 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 46 yards.

Xavier Hutchinson, Week 5 against TEN: 27 of 66 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 65 yards.

Xavier Hutchinson, Week 6 against JAX: 34 of 63 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 10 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, Xavier Hutchinson played 17 games for HOU and scored 98.0 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR64.

He caught 35 of 57 targets for 428 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets and 282 air yards.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Brycen Tremayne over Darius Cooper.
• Start Darius Cooper over Cody White.
• Start Cooper Kupp over Darius Cooper.
• Start Brycen Tremayne over Xavier Hutchinson.
• Start Xavier Hutchinson over Cody White.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Xavier Hutchinson.