Should I start Mike Gesicki or Cooper Kupp in Week 7?

The market-based projections

Mike Gesicki's market-based projection is 6.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 119th highest figure of the 205 players with a market-based projection.

Cooper Kupp's market-based projection is 6.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 120th highest figure of the 205 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Mike Gesicki, and the board ranks him 140th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Cooper Kupp, and the board ranks him 142nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

Through Week 5, Mike Gesicki has been on the field for 46 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 3 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 10.4 air yards.

In Week 3 against PIT he caught 3 of 3 targets for 37 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against JAX he caught 3 of 5 targets for 40 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against MIA he caught 1 of 2 targets for 4 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Cooper Kupp has been on the field for 69 percent of SEA snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 0 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have averaged 8.6 air yards.

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.

In Week 6 against DEN he caught 5 of 10 targets for 50 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Mike Gesicki played 13 games and scored 70.7 PPR points, 5.4 a game, finishing TE41.

He caught 28 of 42 targets for 307 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3.2 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 11.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 38 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 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Cooper Kupp scored 7.3 PPR points a game and Mike Gesicki 5.4, 1.9 a game between them.

Mike Gesicki finished TE41 and Cooper Kupp WR53, which are two different ladders.

Mike Gesicki is a tight end 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

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

What would change the answer

0.0 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 live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.