Dontayvion Wicks vs. Brandin Cooks: Who Should You Start in Week 8?

Start Dontayvion Wicks. Brandin Cooks is on a bye, and Dontayvion Wicks is projected for 7.2 PPR points vs WAS.

Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET

Dontayvion Wicks vs. Brandin Cooks: Week 8 side by side

Dontayvion Wicks
WR · PHI
Brandin Cooks
WR · SF
Projection (Week 8, avg of sources)7.2—
Floor (lowest source)6.0—
Ceiling (highest source)8.1—
StatChasers projection——
Opponentvs WASBye
Opponent vs. position6th-softest (35.9 pts/g allowed)—
Recent usage16% target share (last 3)—
PositionWRWR
Our callSIT · BenchSIT · No projection

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Dontayvion Wicks vs. Brandin Cooks Week 8 Start/Sit FAQ

Should I start Dontayvion Wicks or Brandin Cooks in Week 8?

Start Dontayvion Wicks. Brandin Cooks is on a bye, while Dontayvion Wicks projects for 7.2 PPR points vs WAS.

Who has the better matchup in Week 8, Dontayvion Wicks or Brandin Cooks?

Dontayvion Wicks plays WAS 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 Dontayvion Wicks 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 Dontayvion Wicks and Brandin Cooks playing in Week 8?

Dontayvion Wicks 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 Dontayvion Wicks 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). Dontayvion Wicks is projected by 4 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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