Two players, one answer.
Darius Cooper vs Dylan Sampson
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Toss-up · 7.9 to 6.5 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Dylan Sampson by 32% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Dylan Sampson by 24% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 56% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Darius Cooper is projected 1.4 points ahead of Dylan Sampson. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 56% of the time. That's close to a coin flip: on these projections neither is the better start, and an injury report or a projection update before kickoff can tip it.
WR · PHI
Darius Cooper
7.9 projected
@ WAS · Sun 8:20 PM ET
8.1 a game this season · last 3: 15.1, 1.9, 2.7
RB · CLE
Dylan Sampson
6.5 projected
@ PIT · Sun 1:00 PM ET
5.4 a game this season · last 2: 0, 10.7
What the call rests on
- Darius Cooper: Sleeper's projection, last changed Fri, Oct 30, 7:10 PM ET
- Dylan Sampson: Sleeper's projection, last changed Fri, Oct 30, 7:10 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Fri, Oct 30, 7:19 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Fri, Oct 30, 7:19 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 | Sampson |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 7.9 | 6.5 |
| Half PPR | 6.5 | 5.6 |
| Standard | 5.2 | 4.7 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 1.4 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.
- Dylan Sampson 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%.