Laquon Treadwell vs. Brandin Cooks: Who Should You Start in Week 8?

Start Laquon Treadwell. Brandin Cooks is on a bye, and Laquon Treadwell is projected for 5.3 PPR points vs JAX.

Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET

Laquon Treadwell vs. Brandin Cooks: Week 8 side by side

Laquon Treadwell
WR · IND
Brandin Cooks
WR · SF
Projection (Week 8, avg of sources)5.3—
Floor (lowest source)3.7—
Ceiling (highest source)7.3—
StatChasers projection4.3 (WR79)—
Opponentvs JAXBye
Opponent vs. position4th-softest (38.0 pts/g allowed)—
Recent usage15% target share (last 3)—
PositionWRWR
Our callSIT · BenchSIT · No projection

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Laquon Treadwell vs. Brandin Cooks Week 8 Start/Sit FAQ

Should I start Laquon Treadwell or Brandin Cooks in Week 8?

Start Laquon Treadwell. Brandin Cooks is on a bye, while Laquon Treadwell projects for 5.3 PPR points vs JAX.

Who has the better matchup in Week 8, Laquon Treadwell or Brandin Cooks?

Laquon Treadwell 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 Laquon Treadwell 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 Laquon Treadwell and Brandin Cooks playing in Week 8?

Laquon Treadwell 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 Laquon Treadwell 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). Laquon Treadwell 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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