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Should I start Cooper Kupp or Dalton Kincaid in Week 10?

Updated Nov 10, 5:21 PM ET.

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Start Cooper Kupp: 76 percent of the snaps and 10 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Dalton Kincaid's 66 percent of the snaps and 20 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Cooper Kupp for Dalton Kincaid?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Dalton Kincaid projects 94 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (11.7 a game over 8 games), Cooper Kupp 43 (6.2 a game over 7 games).

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

WR56 · SEA · bye 11

2026 vs anytime td line 2-7

Market-based projection
6.5 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
114

TE15 · BUF · bye 7

2026 vs anytime td line 2-6

Market-based projection
9.2 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
115

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Cooper Kupp, and the board ranks him 114th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dalton Kincaid, and the board ranks him 115th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Cooper Kupp is 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Dalton Kincaid is 2.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Cooper Kupp's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 9

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.

Through Week 9, Dalton Kincaid has been on the field for 66 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 0 of its 27 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 38 targets have averaged 9.4 air yards.

In Week 6 against LV he caught 7 of 8 targets for 38 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against BAL he caught 4 of 6 targets for 86 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against MIN he caught 3 of 3 targets for 28 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Dalton Kincaid played 12 games and scored 126.1 PPR points, 10.5 a game, finishing TE20.

He caught 39 of 49 targets for 571 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 4.1 targets a game, a 80 percent catch rate and 14.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 40 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Cooper Kupp was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Dalton Kincaid scored 10.5 PPR points a game and Cooper Kupp 7.3, 3.2 a game between them.

Cooper Kupp finished WR53 and Dalton Kincaid TE20, which are two different ladders.

Cooper Kupp is a wide receiver and Dalton Kincaid a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

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

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Cooper Kupp for Dalton Kincaid?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Dalton Kincaid projects 94 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (11.7 a game over 8 games), Cooper Kupp 43 (6.2 a game over 7 games).

  • Should I drop Dalton Kincaid for Cooper Kupp?

    No. Keep Dalton Kincaid: he projects 94 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (11.7 a game over 8 games), Cooper Kupp 43 (6.2 a game over 7 games).

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