Tre Tucker vs. Brandin Cooks: Who Should You Start in Week 8?

Start Tre Tucker. Brandin Cooks is on a bye, and Tre Tucker is projected for 10.7 PPR points vs NYJ.

Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET

Tre Tucker vs. Brandin Cooks: Week 8 side by side

Tre Tucker
WR · LV
Brandin Cooks
WR · SF
Projection (Week 8, avg of sources)10.7—
Floor (lowest source)10.3—
Ceiling (highest source)11.0—
StatChasers projection11.0 (WR29)—
Opponentvs NYJBye
Opponent vs. position15th-toughest (30.6 pts/g allowed)—
Recent usage20% target share (last 3)—
PositionWRWR
Our callSTART · WR3SIT · No projection

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Tre Tucker vs. Brandin Cooks Week 8 Start/Sit FAQ

Should I start Tre Tucker or Brandin Cooks in Week 8?

Start Tre Tucker. Brandin Cooks is on a bye, while Tre Tucker projects for 10.7 PPR points vs NYJ.

Who has the better matchup in Week 8, Tre Tucker or Brandin Cooks?

Tre Tucker plays NYJ 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 Tre Tucker 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 Tre Tucker and Brandin Cooks playing in Week 8?

Tre Tucker 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 Tre Tucker 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). Tre Tucker 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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