Luther Burden III or Cooper Kupp: who should I start in Week 6?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Luther Burden III at 10.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 43rd highest figure of the 132 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 67th highest figure of the 132 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Luther Burden III: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 27th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 39.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Cooper Kupp: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 54th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Luther Burden III has been on the field for 64 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 2 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 35 targets have averaged 9.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against PHI he carried 1 time for 7 yards, caught 7 of 11 targets for 61 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against NYJ he carried 1 time for 11 yards, caught 4 of 6 targets for 63 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against GB he carried 4 times for 2 yards, caught 4 of 6 targets for 47 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Cooper Kupp has been on the field for 64 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 Luther Burden III played 15 games and scored 127.9 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing WR48.

He caught 47 of 60 targets for 652 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 4.0 targets a game, a 78 percent catch rate and 13.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 39 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 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Luther Burden III scored 8.5 PPR points a game and Cooper Kupp 7.3, 1.2 a game between them.

Luther Burden III finished WR48 that year and Cooper Kupp WR53.

Cooper Kupp had 10 more targets than Luther Burden III, 70 to 60.

Luther Burden III had 59 more receiving yards than Cooper Kupp, 652 to 593.

Their snap share this season is the same, 64 percent each.

This season Luther Burden III holds the bigger target share, 22 percent against 11 percent.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

5.0 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.