Two players, one answer.
Darius Cooper vs Nate Boerkircher
Any league · this week start/sit · Standard
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
Nate Boerkircher by 54% (Redraft standard)Dynasty
Darius Cooper by 11% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · Standard · 74% held up in 2025
Start Darius Cooper
On Sleeper's projections, Darius Cooper is projected 4.4 points ahead of Nate Boerkircher. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 74% of the time.
WR · PHI
Darius Cooper
5.3 projected
@ WAS · Sun 8:20 PM ET
6.6 a game this season · last 3: 13.1, 0.9, 1.7
TE · JAX
Nate Boerkircher
— final · points pending · 0.9 projected
vs IND · Sun 1:00 PM ET
2.2 a game this season · last 3: 1.5, 2, 6.8
- Their games have already kicked off, so most platforms have locked them in or out for this week.
What the call rests on
- Darius Cooper: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 9:30 PM ET
- Nate Boerkircher: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 9:30 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sun, Nov 1, 9:36 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sun, Nov 1, 9:36 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 | Boerkircher |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 7.9 | 1.4 |
| Half PPR | 6.6 | 1.2 |
| Standard | 5.3 | 0.9 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Nate Boerkircher 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 Standard 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%.