Start Omar Cooper Jr.. Cooper Jr. is projected for 10.7 PPR points vs 7.6 for Jahan Dotson, and faces the 2nd-toughest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Omar Cooper Jr. WR · NYJ | Jahan Dotson WR · ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 10.7 | 7.6 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 7.8 | 5.7 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 13.4 | 9.1 |
| StatChasers projection | 9.8 (WR43) | 7.0 (WR55) |
| Opponent | vs KC | vs CIN |
| Opponent vs. position | 2nd-toughest (24.9 pts/g allowed) | 14th-softest (32.9 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 14% target share (last 3) | 15% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | SIT · Bench | SIT · Bench |
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Start Omar Cooper Jr.. Cooper Jr. projects for 10.7 PPR points vs KC, against 7.6 for Jahan Dotson vs CIN: a 3.1-point edge.
The projection is the average of every source that carries each player this week, and a player listed Out or Doubtful is never the start.
Omar Cooper Jr. is projected to score more: 10.7 PPR points to 7.6 for Jahan Dotson.
The sources range from 7.8 to 13.4 for Cooper Jr. and from 5.7 to 9.1 for Dotson. The ranges overlap, so Dotson outscoring Cooper Jr. is a realistic result.
Omar Cooper Jr. is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Cooper Jr. at 7.8 PPR points, against 5.7 for Jahan Dotson.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Omar Cooper Jr. has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Cooper Jr. at 13.4 PPR points, against 9.1 for Jahan Dotson.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Omar Cooper Jr. plays KC and Jahan Dotson plays CIN in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Cooper Jr. faces the 2nd-toughest defense against WRs and Dotson faces the 14th-softest defense against WRs, so Jahan Dotson has the softer matchup.
Each projection already accounts for the opponent, so a soft matchup is a tiebreaker, not a reason to bench the higher projection.
Over his recent games Omar Cooper Jr. has drawn 14% of his team's targets, and Jahan Dotson 15% of his team's targets.
Jahan Dotson has the bigger role, and volume is the steadiest thing a projection rests on.
These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets, which here is Jahan Dotson.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Omar Cooper Jr. nor Jahan Dotson has an injury designation for Week 9.
Designations change through the week, so check again before kickoff; this page updates with each refresh.
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). Omar Cooper Jr. is projected by 6 of them and Jahan Dotson by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.