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Should I start Cooper Kupp or Tyrone Tracy Jr. in Week 7?

Updated Oct 21, 5:01 PM ET.

Start Cooper Kupp: his market-based projection is 0.0 points a game ahead of Tyrone Tracy Jr.'s this season.

Should I drop Tyrone Tracy Jr. for Cooper Kupp?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Cooper Kupp projects 63 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (6.3 a game over 10 games), Tyrone Tracy Jr. 34 (3.4 a game over 10 games).

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

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6.3 pts a game

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The gap

  • Price difference0.0 points a game
  • Board size311 draftable players

Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from the market projection.

The market-based projections

Cooper Kupp's market-based projection is 6.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 113th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Tyrone Tracy Jr.'s market-based projection is 6.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 115th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Cooper Kupp, and the board ranks him 127th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyrone Tracy Jr., and the board ranks him 72nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 6

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.

Through Week 6, Tyrone Tracy Jr. has been on the field for 15 percent of NYG snaps, taken 8 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 55 third down targets, had 1 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 27 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 1.7 air yards.

In Week 4 against ARI he carried 1 time for -1 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against WAS he carried 3 times for 6 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 25 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NO he carried 6 times for 18 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 27 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

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 Tyrone Tracy Jr. played 15 games and scored 160.8 PPR points, 10.7 a game, finishing RB28.

He carried 176 times for 740 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 48 targets for 288 more yards.

That came to 11.7 carries a game at 4.2 yards a carry and 2.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 54 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Cooper Kupp was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Tyrone Tracy Jr. scored 10.7 PPR points a game and Cooper Kupp 7.3, 3.4 a game between them.

Cooper Kupp finished WR53 and Tyrone Tracy Jr. RB28, which are two different ladders.

Cooper Kupp is a wide receiver and Tyrone Tracy Jr. a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Cooper Kupp is off in Week 11 and Tyrone Tracy Jr. in Week 8, 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.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Tyrone Tracy Jr. for Cooper Kupp?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Cooper Kupp projects 63 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (6.3 a game over 10 games), Tyrone Tracy Jr. 34 (3.4 a game over 10 games).

  • Should I drop Cooper Kupp for Tyrone Tracy Jr.?

    No. Keep Cooper Kupp: he projects 63 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (6.3 a game over 10 games), Tyrone Tracy Jr. 34 (3.4 a game over 10 games).

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