Should I start Cooper Kupp or Malik Washington in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Cooper Kupp, and the board ranks him 123rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Malik Washington, and the board ranks him 132nd 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 7 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 Malik Washington 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.

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

This season through Week 7

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 7, Malik Washington has been on the field for 84 percent of MIA snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 0 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 39 targets have averaged 11.2 air yards.

In Week 4 against MIN he carried 2 times for 3 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 67 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against CIN he carried 1 time for 18 yards, caught 6 of 8 targets for 43 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NYJ he carried 2 times for 8 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 27 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 Malik Washington played 17 games and scored 116.7 PPR points, 6.9 a game, finishing WR54.

He caught 46 of 65 targets for 317 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 3.8 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 6.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 56 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Malik Washington was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Cooper Kupp scored 7.3 PPR points a game and Malik Washington 6.9, 0.5 a game between them.

Cooper Kupp finished WR53 that year and Malik Washington WR54.

Cooper Kupp had 5 more targets than Malik Washington, 70 to 65.

Cooper Kupp had 276 more receiving yards than Malik Washington, 593 to 317.

This season Malik Washington holds the bigger snap share, 84 percent against 68 percent.

This season Malik Washington holds the bigger target share, 26 percent against 13 percent.

Byes and availability

Cooper Kupp is off in Week 11 and Malik Washington in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.