Start Omar Cooper Jr.. Cooper Jr. is projected for 7.8 PPR points vs 6.8 for Ja'Kobi Lane, and faces the 3rd-toughest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Oct 24, 4:47 PM ET
| Omar Cooper Jr. WR · NYJ | Ja'Kobi Lane WR · BAL | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 7, avg of sources) | 7.8 | 6.8 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 5.8 | 6.2 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 9.5 | 7.6 |
| StatChasers projection | — | — |
| Opponent | vs MIA | vs CIN |
| Opponent vs. position | 3rd-toughest (23.2 pts/g allowed) | 9th-toughest (29.5 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 15% target share (last 2) | 14% target share (last 2) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | SIT · Bench | SIT · Bench |
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Start Omar Cooper Jr.. Cooper Jr. projects for 7.8 PPR points vs MIA, against 6.8 for Ja'Kobi Lane vs CIN: a 1.0-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: 7.8 PPR points to 6.8 for Ja'Kobi Lane.
The sources range from 5.8 to 9.5 for Cooper Jr. and from 6.2 to 7.6 for Lane. The ranges overlap, so Lane outscoring Cooper Jr. is a realistic result.
Ja'Kobi Lane is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Lane at 6.2 PPR points, against 5.8 for Omar Cooper Jr..
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 9.5 PPR points, against 7.6 for Ja'Kobi Lane.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Omar Cooper Jr. plays MIA and Ja'Kobi Lane plays CIN in Week 7.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Cooper Jr. faces the 3rd-toughest defense against WRs and Lane faces the 9th-toughest defense against WRs, so Ja'Kobi Lane 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 15% of his team's targets, and Ja'Kobi Lane 14% of his team's targets.
Omar Cooper Jr. 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 Omar Cooper Jr..
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Omar Cooper Jr. nor Ja'Kobi Lane has an injury designation for Week 7.
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 4 of them and Ja'Kobi Lane by 3.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.