Michael Penix Jr. or Cooper Kupp: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Michael Penix Jr. at 14.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 51st highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

The player markets price Cooper Kupp at 6.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 135th highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Michael Penix Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 122nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Cooper Kupp: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 131st overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Michael Penix Jr. has been on the field for 100 percent of ATL snaps, dropped back 46 times and thrown 6.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 2 of 46 dropbacks.

In Week 3 against GB he completed 18 of 25 passes for 256 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception.

In Week 4 against NO he completed 15 of 20 passes for 223 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Michael Penix Jr. played 9 games and scored 123.3 PPR points, 13.7 a game, finishing QB33.

He threw for 1982 yards on 276 attempts with 9 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran for 70 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 30.7 attempts a game at 7.2 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 93 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 7 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Michael Penix Jr. scored 13.7 PPR points a game and Cooper Kupp 7.3, 6.4 a game between them.

Michael Penix Jr. finished QB33 and Cooper Kupp WR53, which are two different ladders.

Michael Penix Jr. is a quarterback and Cooper Kupp a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 11, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

What would change the answer

8.0 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.