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

What the player markets price

The player markets price Michael Pittman Jr. at 6.8 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 122nd highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

The player markets price Cooper Kupp at 6.6 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 126th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Michael Pittman Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 123rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Cooper Kupp: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 128th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Michael Pittman Jr. has been on the field for 78 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 1 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 9.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against ATL he caught 3 of 3 targets for 58 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CIN he caught 2 of 5 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CLE he caught 2 of 4 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

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

The season feed carries no line for Michael Pittman Jr. in the last completed season.

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.

Head to head

This season Michael Pittman Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 78 percent against 60 percent.

This season Michael Pittman Jr. holds the bigger target share, 11 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

Michael Pittman Jr. is off in Week 9 and Cooper Kupp in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Michael Pittman Jr. is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

0.3 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.