Quentin Johnston vs. Brandin Cooks: Who Should You Start in Week 8?

Start Quentin Johnston. Brandin Cooks is on a bye, and Quentin Johnston is projected for 6.9 PPR points vs LAR.

Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET

Quentin Johnston vs. Brandin Cooks: Week 8 side by side

Quentin Johnston
WR · LAC
Brandin Cooks
WR · SF
Projection (Week 8, avg of sources)6.9—
Floor (lowest source)5.3—
Ceiling (highest source)8.8—
StatChasers projection5.3 (WR70)—
Opponentvs LARBye
Opponent vs. position5th-toughest (26.8 pts/g allowed)—
Recent usage11% target share (last 3)—
PositionWRWR
Our callSIT · BenchSIT · No projection

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Quentin Johnston vs. Brandin Cooks Week 8 Start/Sit FAQ

Should I start Quentin Johnston or Brandin Cooks in Week 8?

Start Quentin Johnston. Brandin Cooks is on a bye, while Quentin Johnston projects for 6.9 PPR points vs LAR.

Who has the better matchup in Week 8, Quentin Johnston or Brandin Cooks?

Quentin Johnston plays LAR 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 Quentin Johnston 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 Quentin Johnston and Brandin Cooks playing in Week 8?

Quentin Johnston 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 Quentin Johnston 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). Quentin Johnston 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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