George Pickens or Cooper Kupp: who should I start in Week 6?

What the player markets price

The player markets price George Pickens at 14.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 7 market sources. That is the 18th highest figure of the 107 players the market prices.

The player markets price Cooper Kupp at 5.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 41st highest figure of the 107 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on George Pickens: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 15th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Cooper Kupp: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 48th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, George Pickens has been on the field for 84 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 17 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 3 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 41 targets have averaged 11.4 air yards.

In Week 3 against BAL he caught 7 of 11 targets for 82 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against HOU he caught 2 of 3 targets for 75 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against TB he caught 9 of 13 targets for 130 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 5, Cooper Kupp has been on the field for 60 percent of SEA snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 0 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 9.2 air yards.

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.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 George Pickens played 17 games and scored 291.9 PPR points, 17.2 a game, finishing WR5.

He caught 93 of 137 targets for 1429 yards and 9 touchdowns, with 21 red zone targets.

That came to 8.1 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 15.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 83 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.

George Pickens was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 George Pickens scored 17.2 PPR points a game and Cooper Kupp 7.3, 9.8 a game between them.

George Pickens finished WR5 that year and Cooper Kupp WR53.

George Pickens had 67 more targets than Cooper Kupp, 137 to 70.

George Pickens had 836 more receiving yards than Cooper Kupp, 1429 to 593.

This season George Pickens holds the bigger snap share, 84 percent against 60 percent.

This season George Pickens holds the bigger target share, 22 percent against 11 percent.

Byes and availability

George Pickens is off in Week 14 and Cooper Kupp in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

8.3 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.