Darius CooperorRyan Flournoy?

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

Our call

Lean Darius Cooper

Darius Cooper outscores Ryan Flournoy in 53% of simulations.

That's close to a coin flip: Ryan Flournoy comes out ahead in the other 47%. Lean Darius Cooper, and let news and your league's scoring break the tie. Ryan Flournoy projects 0.1 half-PPR points more, but more of that rests on the occasional big game. Ryan Flournoy has the better matchup against the Green Bay Packers (2% fewer than average to WRs); Darius Cooper faces the Carolina Panthers (15% fewer than average to WRs). Darius Cooper still wins more often despite that. Scoring matters here: in Standard leagues, Darius Cooper wins 60%.

Range of outcomes, half-PPR

Darius Cooper
Floor
2.5
Median
5.3
Ceiling
10.0
Big game (20+):
<1%
Dud (under 6):
59%
Ryan Flournoy
Floor
1.2
Median
4.9
Ceiling
12.6
Big game (20+):
2%
Dud (under 6):
59%

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. ETRyan FlournoyWR, DAL, Sun, Oct 18, 8:20 p.m. ET
Half-PPR projection5.96.0
PPR projection6.77.5
Standard projection5.14.6
Rank this weekWR47WR44
Matchupvs CARat GB
InjuryNoneNone
2026 points per game8.15.5
Last season per game2.36.3
Snap share, last game85%68%
Trade value——