DeMario Douglas vs. Brandin Cooks: Who Should You Start in Week 8?

Start DeMario Douglas. Brandin Cooks is on a bye, and DeMario Douglas is projected for 9.3 PPR points vs MIA.

Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET

DeMario Douglas vs. Brandin Cooks: Week 8 side by side

DeMario Douglas
WR · NE
Brandin Cooks
WR · SF
Projection (Week 8, avg of sources)9.3—
Floor (lowest source)8.2—
Ceiling (highest source)10.6—
StatChasers projection8.2 (WR49)—
Opponentvs MIABye
Opponent vs. position3rd-toughest (23.8 pts/g allowed)—
Recent usage19% target share (last 3)—
PositionWRWR
Our callSIT · BenchSIT · No projection

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DeMario Douglas vs. Brandin Cooks Week 8 Start/Sit FAQ

Should I start DeMario Douglas or Brandin Cooks in Week 8?

Start DeMario Douglas. Brandin Cooks is on a bye, while DeMario Douglas projects for 9.3 PPR points vs MIA.

Who has the better matchup in Week 8, DeMario Douglas or Brandin Cooks?

DeMario Douglas plays MIA and Brandin Cooks is on a bye in Week 8.

Each projection already accounts for the opponent, so a soft matchup is a tiebreaker, not a reason to bench the higher projection.

Does PPR scoring change DeMario Douglas vs. Brandin Cooks?

These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets.

Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.

Are DeMario Douglas and Brandin Cooks playing in Week 8?

DeMario Douglas has no injury designation, and Brandin Cooks is on a bye.

Designations change through the week, so check again before kickoff; this page updates with each refresh.

Where do the DeMario Douglas and Brandin Cooks projections come from?

Each figure is the average of the projection sources that carry the player this week: StatChasers, Sleeper, ESPN, numberFire, FFToday and the betting markets (sportsbook player props). DeMario Douglas is projected by 5 of them and Brandin Cooks by 0.

A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.

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