Start Omar Cooper Jr. or DeMario Douglas? Week 8
Updated Oct 27, 5:16 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 9 answer posts Tuesday.
Start DeMario Douglas over Omar Cooper Jr.
- Market projects
- 6.8
- recent weeks avg
- MIA D vs WR
- 23.8
- 3rd fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 55%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 16%
- 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 DeMario Douglas over Omar Cooper Jr. in Week 8.
Market-based projections have DeMario Douglas at 6.8 points and Omar Cooper Jr. at 5.5, a gap of 1.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for DeMario Douglas this week yet, so his 6.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (6.6, 4.8 and 8.9); 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 DeMario Douglas yet. His market-based projections were 6.6, 4.8 and 8.9 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 6.8, 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 DeMario Douglas 1.3 points ahead of Omar Cooper Jr. on these projections.
Week 8 matchups
DeMario Douglas and NE visit MIA on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.
MIA allowed 23.8 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 3rd fewest in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 116 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against MIA.
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, Omar Cooper Jr. has the softer matchup.
Injury status
DeMario Douglas is not on the injury report.
Omar Cooper Jr. is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 8
Through Week 7, DeMario Douglas played 55 percent of NE snaps, drew 16 percent of the targets, earned 18 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.
DeMario Douglas, Week 4 against BUF: 35 of 76 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 15 yards.
DeMario Douglas, Week 5 against LV: 37 of 75 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 65 yards, 2 touchdowns.
DeMario Douglas, Week 6 against NYJ: 40 of 68 snaps, 8 targets and 7 catches for 86 yards, 1 touchdown.
DeMario Douglas, Week 7 against CHI: 35 of 54 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 23 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, DeMario Douglas played 17 games for NE and scored 95.8 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing WR65.
He caught 31 of 46 targets for 447 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 233 air yards.
He was on the field for 26 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 Omar Cooper Jr. playing Week 8?
- Is DeMario Douglas playing Week 8?
- Jets depth chart
- Patriots 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