Two players, one answer.
Darius Cooper vs Demond Claiborne
Any league · this week start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
No call this week: one of them has no game or a projection under 4 points
Rest of season
Demond Claiborne by 8% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
About even (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 81% held up in 2025
Start Darius Cooper
On Sleeper's projections, Darius Cooper is projected 7.8 points ahead of Demond Claiborne. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 81% of the time.
WR · PHI
Darius Cooper
7.8 projected
@ WAS · Sun 8:20 PM ET
8.1 a game this season · last 3: 15.1, 1.9, 2.7
RB · MIN
Demond Claiborne
0.0 projected
@ DET · Sun 1:00 PM ET
1 a game this season · last 3: 0.1, 1.2, 1.6
What the call rests on
- Darius Cooper: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 9:20 AM ET
- Demond Claiborne: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 9:20 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sun, Nov 1, 9:32 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sun, Nov 1, 9:32 AM 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 | Claiborne |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 7.8 | 0 |
| Half PPR | 6.5 | 0 |
| Standard | 5.2 | 0 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Demond Claiborne 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 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%.