Start Ted Hurst III or Omar Cooper Jr.? Week 8
Updated Oct 26, 6:11 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 9 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Omar Cooper Jr. over Ted Hurst III
- 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
- Market projects
- 5.3
- recent weeks avg
- ATL D vs WR
- 34.4
- 11th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 56%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 9%
- Through Week 7
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Our Week 8 call
Start Omar Cooper Jr. over Ted Hurst III in Week 8.
Market-based projections have Omar Cooper Jr. at 5.5 points and Ted Hurst III at 5.3, a gap of 0.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. 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. No player market is posted for Ted Hurst III this week yet, so his 5.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (4.3, 3.5 and 8.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.
What the market projects
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).
No Week 8 player market is posted for Ted Hurst III yet. His market-based projections were 4.3, 3.5 and 8.0 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 5.3, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.
That puts Omar Cooper Jr. 0.2 points ahead of Ted Hurst III on these projections.
Week 8 matchups
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.
Ted Hurst III and TB host ATL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
ATL allowed 34.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 11th most in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 170 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against ATL.
By points allowed to the position, Ted Hurst III has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Omar Cooper Jr. is not on the injury report.
Ted Hurst III is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 8
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.
Through Week 7, Ted Hurst III played 56 percent of TB snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.
Ted Hurst III, Week 7 against CAR: 35 of 63 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.
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 Ted Hurst III playing Week 8?
- Is Omar Cooper Jr. playing Week 8?
- Buccaneers 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