Cooper Kupp or Quentin Johnston: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Cooper Kupp: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 119th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Quentin Johnston: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 157th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Cooper Kupp's market-based projection is 6.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 113th highest figure of the 159 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Quentin Johnston is 1.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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.

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

This season so far

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.

Through Week 4, Quentin Johnston has been on the field for 80 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have averaged 12.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against LV he carried 1 time for 7 yards, caught 1 of 5 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against BUF he caught 3 of 6 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SEA he carried 1 time for -4 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 44 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 Quentin Johnston played 14 games and scored 171.2 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR34.

He caught 51 of 85 targets for 735 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 6.1 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 77 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Cooper Kupp was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Quentin Johnston scored 12.2 PPR points a game and Cooper Kupp 7.3, 4.9 a game between them.

Cooper Kupp finished WR53 that year and Quentin Johnston WR34.

Quentin Johnston had 15 more targets than Cooper Kupp, 85 to 70.

Quentin Johnston had 142 more receiving yards than Cooper Kupp, 735 to 593.

This season Quentin Johnston holds the bigger snap share, 80 percent against 64 percent.

This season Quentin Johnston holds the bigger target share, 16 percent against 11 percent.

Byes and availability

Cooper Kupp is off in Week 11 and Quentin Johnston in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Quentin Johnston is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Quentin Johnston is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.