Joshua Palmer vs. Brandin Cooks: Who Should You Start in Week 8?

Start Joshua Palmer. Brandin Cooks is on a bye, and Joshua Palmer is projected for 3.0 PPR points vs BAL.

Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET

Joshua Palmer vs. Brandin Cooks: Week 8 side by side

Joshua Palmer
WR · BUF
Brandin Cooks
WR · SF
Projection (Week 8, avg of sources)3.0—
Floor (lowest source)2.7—
Ceiling (highest source)3.5—
StatChasers projection3.0 (WR87)—
Opponentvs BALBye
Opponent vs. position7th-softest (35.8 pts/g allowed)—
Recent usage7% target share (last 3)—
PositionWRWR
Our callSIT · BenchSIT · No projection

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Joshua Palmer vs. Brandin Cooks Week 8 Start/Sit FAQ

Should I start Joshua Palmer or Brandin Cooks in Week 8?

Start Joshua Palmer. Brandin Cooks is on a bye, while Joshua Palmer projects for 3.0 PPR points vs BAL.

Who has the better matchup in Week 8, Joshua Palmer or Brandin Cooks?

Joshua Palmer plays BAL 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 Joshua Palmer 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 Joshua Palmer and Brandin Cooks playing in Week 8?

Joshua Palmer 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 Joshua Palmer 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). Joshua Palmer 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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