Two players, one answer.
Darius Cooper vs Zavion Thomas
Any format · this week start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
No call this week: one of them has no game or a projection under 4 points
Rest of season
Darius Cooper by 19% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Darius Cooper by 7% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 51% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Zavion Thomas is projected 0.3 points ahead of Darius Cooper. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 51% 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 · CHI
Zavion Thomas
2.9 projected
@ SEA · Mon 8:15 PM ET
1.6 a game this season · last 3: 3.2, 5.5, 0
WR · PHI
Darius Cooper
2.6 projected
@ WAS · Sun 8:20 PM ET
8.1 a game this season · last 3: 15.1, 1.9, 2.7
What the call rests on
- Zavion Thomas: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 4:30 PM ET
- Darius Cooper: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 4:30 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Tue, Oct 27, 4:48 PM ET.
- Injury statuses: Sleeper's player list, read Tue, Oct 27, 9:01 AM ET (once a day). Game-day inactives, about 90 minutes before kickoff, come after it.
| Same projections, scored | Thomas | Cooper |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 2.9 | 2.6 |
| Half PPR | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| Standard | 1.8 | 1.8 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 0.3 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.
- Darius Cooper plays first (Sun 8:20 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Zavion Thomas'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%.