Keenan Allen vs. Brandin Cooks: Who Should You Start in Week 8?

Start Keenan Allen. Brandin Cooks is on a bye, and Keenan Allen is projected for 9.1 PPR points vs JAX.

Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET

Keenan Allen vs. Brandin Cooks: Week 8 side by side

Keenan Allen
WR · IND
Brandin Cooks
WR · SF
Projection (Week 8, avg of sources)9.1—
Floor (lowest source)8.1—
Ceiling (highest source)9.7—
StatChasers projection8.7 (WR47)—
Opponentvs JAXBye
Opponent vs. position4th-softest (38.0 pts/g allowed)—
Recent usage23% target share (last 3)—
PositionWRWR
Our callSIT · BenchSIT · No projection

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Keenan Allen vs. Brandin Cooks Week 8 Start/Sit FAQ

Should I start Keenan Allen or Brandin Cooks in Week 8?

Start Keenan Allen. Brandin Cooks is on a bye, while Keenan Allen projects for 9.1 PPR points vs JAX.

Who has the better matchup in Week 8, Keenan Allen or Brandin Cooks?

Keenan Allen 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 Keenan Allen 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 Keenan Allen and Brandin Cooks playing in Week 8?

Keenan Allen 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 Keenan Allen 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). Keenan Allen 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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