Darius CooperorMarquise Brown?

Week 6 start/sit decision, wide receiver versus wide receiver.

Our call

Lean Darius Cooper

Darius Cooper outscores Marquise Brown in 54% of simulations.

That's close to a coin flip: Marquise Brown comes out ahead in the other 46%. Lean Darius Cooper, and let news and your league's scoring break the tie. Darius Cooper projects 0.3 half-PPR points ahead in Week 6. The matchups don't separate them: Darius Cooper faces the Carolina Panthers (15% fewer than average to WRs), Marquise Brown faces the Carolina Panthers (15% fewer than average to WRs). Scoring matters here: in Standard leagues, Darius Cooper wins 59%.

Range of outcomes, half-PPR

Darius Cooper
Floor
2.4
Median
5.3
Ceiling
10.0
Big game (20+):
<1%
Dud (under 6):
59%
Marquise Brown
Floor
1.6
Median
4.7
Ceiling
10.7
Big game (20+):
1%
Dud (under 6):
64%

Each week is simulated thousands of times from the projection and the player’s usual week-to-week swing. Floor and ceiling are the 10th and 90th percentile: 8 weeks in 10 land between them.

StatDarius CooperWR, PHI, Sun, Oct 18, 1:00 p.m. ETMarquise BrownWR, PHI, Sun, Oct 18, 1:00 p.m. ET
Half-PPR projection5.95.6
PPR projection6.76.8
Standard projection5.14.4
Rank this weekWR44WR47
Matchupvs CARvs CAR
InjuryNoneNone
2026 points per game8.11.2
Last season per game2.37.1
Snap share, last game85%22%
Trade value——