Makai Lemon vs. Brandin Cooks: Who Should You Start in Week 8?

Start Makai Lemon. Brandin Cooks is on a bye, and Makai Lemon is projected for 7.6 PPR points vs WAS.

Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET

Makai Lemon vs. Brandin Cooks: Week 8 side by side

Makai Lemon
WR · PHI
Brandin Cooks
WR · SF
Projection (Week 8, avg of sources)7.6—
Floor (lowest source)5.2—
Ceiling (highest source)10.6—
StatChasers projection10.6 (WR32)—
Opponentvs WASBye
Opponent vs. position6th-softest (35.9 pts/g allowed)—
Recent usage18% target share (last 3)—
PositionWRWR
Our callFLEX · FlexSIT · No projection

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Makai Lemon vs. Brandin Cooks Week 8 Start/Sit FAQ

Should I start Makai Lemon or Brandin Cooks in Week 8?

Start Makai Lemon. Brandin Cooks is on a bye, while Makai Lemon projects for 7.6 PPR points vs WAS.

Who has the better matchup in Week 8, Makai Lemon or Brandin Cooks?

Makai Lemon 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 Makai Lemon 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 Makai Lemon and Brandin Cooks playing in Week 8?

Makai Lemon 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 Makai Lemon 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). Makai Lemon 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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