Should I start Cooper Kupp or Dontayvion Wicks in Week 8?

Updated Oct 27, 11:56 PM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.

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Oct 24, 5:17 PM ET: Eagles' DeVonta Smith, Dontayvion Wicks out vs. Cowboys (ESPN)
Oct 24, 4:13 PM ET: Dontayvion Wicks: Questionable to Out (Ankle) (Sleeper injury feed)
Oct 22, 7:13 PM ET: Dontayvion Wicks: Listed Questionable (Ankle) (Sleeper injury feed)

Cooper Kupp and Dontayvion Wicks are too close to call on usage: 77 percent of the snaps and 15 percent of the targets against 79 percent of the snaps and 16 percent of the targets over their last 3 games. 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 Dontayvion Wicks for Cooper Kupp?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Cooper Kupp projects 56 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (6.2 a game over 9 games), Dontayvion Wicks 15 (1.7 a game over 9 games). Dontayvion Wicks is listed out.

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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.

Cooper Kupp

WR58 · SEA · bye 11

2026 vs anytime td line 1-6

Market-based projection: 6.3 pts a game Wk 7 price
Overall rank: 132

Dontayvion Wicks

WR59 · PHI · bye 10

2026 vs anytime td line 1-5

Overall rank: 133

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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 132nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dontayvion Wicks, and the board ranks him 133rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Cooper Kupp is 1.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 market sources. 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 Dontayvion Wicks is 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 2 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver'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 so far

Through Week 7, Cooper Kupp has been on the field for 68 percent of SEA snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 62 third down targets, had 0 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 38 two minute targets.

His 27 targets have averaged 8.4 air yards.

In Week 5 against SF he caught 2 of 3 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against DEN he caught 5 of 10 targets for 50 yards and did not score.

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

Through Week 6, Dontayvion Wicks has been on the field for 79 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 1 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 32 targets have averaged 13.1 air yards.

In Week 4 against LAR he caught 3 of 5 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against JAX he caught 5 of 8 targets for 63 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CAR he caught 2 of 4 targets for 24 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 Dontayvion Wicks played 14 games and scored 75.8 PPR points, 5.4 a game, finishing WR83.

He caught 30 of 46 targets for 332 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 3.3 targets a game, a 65 percent catch rate and 11.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 47 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Cooper Kupp was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Cooper Kupp scored 7.3 PPR points a game and Dontayvion Wicks 5.4, 1.9 a game between them.

Cooper Kupp finished WR53 that year and Dontayvion Wicks WR83.

Cooper Kupp had 24 more targets than Dontayvion Wicks, 70 to 46.

Cooper Kupp had 261 more receiving yards than Dontayvion Wicks, 593 to 332.

This season Dontayvion Wicks holds the bigger snap share, 79 percent against 68 percent.

This season Dontayvion Wicks holds the bigger target share, 17 percent against 13 percent.

Byes and availability

Cooper Kupp is off in Week 11 and Dontayvion Wicks in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Dontayvion Wicks is listed as out on the injury report.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Dontayvion Wicks for Cooper Kupp?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Cooper Kupp projects 56 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (6.2 a game over 9 games), Dontayvion Wicks 15 (1.7 a game over 9 games). Dontayvion Wicks is listed out.
Should I drop Cooper Kupp for Dontayvion Wicks?
No. Keep Cooper Kupp: he projects 56 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (6.2 a game over 9 games), Dontayvion Wicks 15 (1.7 a game over 9 games). Dontayvion Wicks is listed out.

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