Josh Downs vs. Brandin Cooks: Who Should You Start in Week 8?

Start Josh Downs. Brandin Cooks is on a bye, and Josh Downs is projected for 9.3 PPR points vs JAX.

Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET

Josh Downs vs. Brandin Cooks: Week 8 side by side

Josh Downs
WR · IND
Brandin Cooks
WR · SF
Projection (Week 8, avg of sources)9.3—
Floor (lowest source)8.4—
Ceiling (highest source)10.1—
StatChasers projection9.3 (WR42)—
Opponentvs JAXBye
Opponent vs. position4th-softest (38.0 pts/g allowed)—
Recent usage18% target share (last 3)—
PositionWRWR
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Josh Downs vs. Brandin Cooks Week 8 Start/Sit FAQ

Should I start Josh Downs or Brandin Cooks in Week 8?

Start Josh Downs. Brandin Cooks is on a bye, while Josh Downs projects for 9.3 PPR points vs JAX.

Who has the better matchup in Week 8, Josh Downs or Brandin Cooks?

Josh Downs plays JAX 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 Josh Downs 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 Josh Downs and Brandin Cooks playing in Week 8?

Josh Downs 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 Josh Downs 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). Josh Downs 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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