Rodgers Is the Only Real Streamer Here; Omar Cooper Jr. Is a Two-Game Sample

ESPN's last-minute pickup list pairs a quarterback who took 99% of snaps with a Jets receiver whose entire fantasy case is one red-zone target that went for a score.

ESPN's Matt Bowen grouped Aaron Rodgers and Jets wideout Omar Cooper Jr. as last-minute lineup help for managers squeezed by injuries, byes and bad matchups. They are not the same kind of player, and the data doesn't let them share a tier. One has a near-total snap floor and a workable matchup. The other has two games on file and a single red-zone target to his name. F1F6F15F16

Start with availability, because that's where Rodgers separates. His 2025 snap share split 99% in Weeks 1-9 and 99% in Weeks 10-18 — a one-point drift, which is noise. The injury file is busier than you'd like: 12 reported episodes across 68 report weeks from 2016-2026, most recently a wrist issue, with knee, ankle and hamstring entries before it. But that history produced seven missed games across the whole span. The base rate says he reports and he plays. F6F8

The matchup grades Plus: Atlanta ranks 10th of 32 in fantasy points allowed to quarterbacks. The defensive profile cuts the other way — 16% pressure rate, 8% sack rate, pass EPA allowed of -0.013 — so the efficiency numbers say this isn't a pushover, while the points-allowed rank says quarterbacks have still been getting paid against it. Rodgers' most recent season on file reads 1,487 yards, 12 touchdowns and five picks in six games, an 88.0 rating. That's a QB2 line, and a QB2 is what this is. F9F10F5

The contingency behind him barely registers. Mason Rudolph logged a 4% snap share in Weeks 1-9 of 2025 and 3% after, with Drew Allar and Will Howard the other quarterbacks listed on Pittsburgh in the catalog. There's no committee risk to price in. Whatever Rodgers' body does week to week, the backup usage says the Steelers have not been rotating. F11F12

Cooper Jr. is the one I'd push back on. Two games on file, one red-zone target, one receiving touchdown against an expected 0.1 — that gap is a model estimate screaming small sample, not evidence of a red-zone role. He also already missed a game with a 2026 ankle issue. Meanwhile Garrett Wilson ran a 96% snap share in the back half of 2025 and drew nine red-zone targets with four inside the 10, converting seven scores against 2.3 expected. Tim Patrick added nine red-zone targets of his own. The high-leverage looks here are spoken for. F15F16F17F21F22F23

Tennessee is the reason Cooper is on anyone's list at all: eighth of 32 in points allowed to wide receivers, with pass EPA allowed of 0.163 — genuinely leaky. A soft secondary raises the ceiling on everyone in the Jets' passing game. It does not manufacture targets for a two-game receiver sharing a room with Wilson, Patrick and Tyler Johnson. If you want the lottery ticket, take it in a deep league and nowhere else. F18F19F20