Two players, one answer.
Darius Cooper vs Darnell Washington
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · Half PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Start Darius Cooper · 6.6 to 4.9 projected (Week 8, Half PPR)
Rest of season
Darnell Washington by 21% (Redraft half PPR)Dynasty
Darius Cooper by 38% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · Half PPR · 59% held up in 2025
Lean Darius Cooper
On Sleeper's projections, Darius Cooper is projected 1.7 points ahead of Darnell Washington. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 59% of the time. A lean, not a lock.
WR · PHI
Darius Cooper
6.6 projected
@ WAS · Sun 8:20 PM ET
7.4 a game this season · last 3: 14.1, 1.4, 2.2
TE · PIT
Darnell Washington
— final · points pending · 4.9 projected
vs CLE · Sun 1:00 PM ET
6 a game this season · last 3: 2.2, 10.5, 6.9
- Darnell Washington's game has already kicked off, so most platforms have locked him in or out for this week.
What the call rests on
- Darius Cooper: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 6:30 PM ET
- Darnell Washington: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 6:30 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sun, Nov 1, 6:36 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sun, Nov 1, 6:36 PM ET, with the projections (hourly). A fresh projection time doesn't mean every status is: game-day inactives, about 90 minutes before kickoff, can come after it.
| Same projections, scored | Cooper | Washington |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 7.9 | 6.1 |
| Half PPR | 6.6 | 4.9 |
| Standard | 5.3 | 3.6 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 1.7 points or more in the other direction flips the call; Sleeper keeps adjusting its projections until kickoff, and this page reads them again at most an hour after it last did.
- Darnell Washington plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Darius Cooper's late news is known.
Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)
This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with Half PPR settings. The percentage is how often a projected gap like this held up across the 2025 season; checked against 2026 games (not used to fit it), the stated chances so far run a few points high, so read a 60% call as nearer 55%.