Should I start Austin Ekeler or Cooper Kupp in Week 10?

The market-based projections

Austin Ekeler's market-based projection is 6.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 94th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Cooper Kupp's market-based projection is 6.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 98th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Austin Ekeler, and the board ranks him 84th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Cooper Kupp, and the board ranks him 83rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Austin Ekeler has been on the field for 25 percent of WAS snaps, taken 21 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have come 3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 6 against SF he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against PHI he carried 8 times for 36 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against LAR he carried 8 times for 16 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Cooper Kupp has been on the field for 71 percent of SEA snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 78 third down targets, had 0 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 49 two minute targets.

His 34 targets have averaged 8.1 air yards.

In Week 7 against KC he caught 2 of 2 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against CHI he caught 1 of 3 targets for 7 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against ARI he caught 3 of 4 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Austin Ekeler played 2 games and scored 13.1 PPR points, 6.6 a game, finishing RB103.

He carried 14 times for 43 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 5 of 7 targets for 38 more yards.

That came to 7.0 carries a game at 3.1 yards a carry and 2-3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 50 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Cooper Kupp played 16 games and scored 117.3 PPR points, 7.3 a game, finishing WR53.

He caught 47 of 70 targets for 593 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 4.4 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 12.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Cooper Kupp was available for 14 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Cooper Kupp scored 7.3 PPR points a game and Austin Ekeler 6.6, 0.8 a game between them.

Austin Ekeler finished RB103 and Cooper Kupp WR53, which are two different ladders.

Austin Ekeler is a running back and Cooper Kupp a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Austin Ekeler is off in Week 7 and Cooper Kupp in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.5 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.