Cooper Kupp or Darnell Mooney: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Cooper Kupp at 6.5 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 134th highest figure of the 217 players the market prices.

The player markets price Darnell Mooney at 4.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 173rd highest figure of the 217 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Cooper Kupp: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 132nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Darnell Mooney: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 168th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Cooper Kupp has been on the field for 60 percent of SEA snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 0 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 9.6 air yards.

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

In Week 3 against WAS he caught 4 of 5 targets for 46 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against LAC he caught 1 of 2 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Darnell Mooney has been on the field for 57 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 11.6 air yards.

In Week 2 against LAR he caught 2 of 3 targets for 48 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TEN he carried 1 time for 9 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against ARI he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 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 Darnell Mooney played 15 games and scored 82.3 PPR points, 5.5 a game, finishing WR79.

He caught 32 of 72 targets for 443 yards and 1 touchdown, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 4.8 targets a game, a 44 percent catch rate and 13.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 82 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Cooper Kupp was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Cooper Kupp scored 7.3 PPR points a game and Darnell Mooney 5.5, 1.8 a game between them.

Cooper Kupp finished WR53 that year and Darnell Mooney WR79.

Darnell Mooney had 2 more targets than Cooper Kupp, 72 to 70.

Cooper Kupp had 150 more receiving yards than Darnell Mooney, 593 to 443.

This season Cooper Kupp holds the bigger snap share, 60 percent against 57 percent.

This season Cooper Kupp holds the bigger target share, 10 percent against 9 percent.

Byes and availability

Cooper Kupp is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Darnell Mooney.

What would change the answer

2.2 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 the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.