Malik Washington vs. Brandin Cooks: Who Should You Start in Week 8?

Start Malik Washington. Brandin Cooks is on a bye, and Malik Washington is projected for 9.9 PPR points vs NE.

Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET

Malik Washington vs. Brandin Cooks: Week 8 side by side

Malik Washington
WR · MIA
Brandin Cooks
WR · SF
Projection (Week 8, avg of sources)9.9—
Floor (lowest source)8.4—
Ceiling (highest source)11.0—
StatChasers projection10.7 (WR31)—
Opponentvs NEBye
Opponent vs. position13th-softest (32.1 pts/g allowed)—
Recent usage25% target share (last 3)—
PositionWRWR
Our callFLEX · FlexSIT · No projection

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Malik Washington vs. Brandin Cooks Week 8 Start/Sit FAQ

Should I start Malik Washington or Brandin Cooks in Week 8?

Start Malik Washington. Brandin Cooks is on a bye, while Malik Washington projects for 9.9 PPR points vs NE.

Who has the better matchup in Week 8, Malik Washington or Brandin Cooks?

Malik Washington plays NE 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 Malik Washington 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 Malik Washington and Brandin Cooks playing in Week 8?

Malik Washington 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 Malik Washington 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). Malik Washington 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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