Start Caleb Douglas or Cooper Kupp? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Caleb Douglas over Cooper Kupp in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Caleb Douglas at 8.3 points and Cooper Kupp at 6.5, a gap of 1.9. No player market is posted for Cooper Kupp this week yet, so his 6.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (6.0, 6.3 and 7.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Caleb Douglas at ADP 215 and Cooper Kupp at 186.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 8.3 fantasy points for Caleb Douglas, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Caleb Douglas is 39 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (12, 11 and 12 market sources).

No Week 9 player market is posted for Cooper Kupp yet. His market-based projections were 6.0, 6.3 and 7.1 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 6.5, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

The market-based projection for Cooper Kupp is 0.3 touchdowns (8 market sources).

That puts Caleb Douglas 1.9 points ahead of Cooper Kupp on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Caleb Douglas and MIA host DET on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

DET allowed 37.7 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 3rd most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 176 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against DET.

Cooper Kupp and SEA host ARI on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

ARI allowed 33.5 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 13th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 152 yards and 1.4 touchdowns a game against ARI.

By points allowed to the position, Caleb Douglas has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Caleb Douglas is not on the injury report.

Cooper Kupp is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Caleb Douglas played 82 percent of MIA snaps, drew 19 percent of the targets, earned 28 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Caleb Douglas, Week 1 against LV: 51 of 56 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 94 yards.

Caleb Douglas, Week 2 against SF: 51 of 59 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 19 yards.

Caleb Douglas, Week 7 against NYJ: 44 of 65 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 70 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Caleb Douglas, Week 8 against NE: 56 of 65 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 43 yards.

Through Week 8, Cooper Kupp played 71 percent of SEA snaps, drew 12 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Cooper Kupp, Week 5 against SF: 51 of 63 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 15 yards.

Cooper Kupp, Week 6 against DEN: 72 of 85 snaps, 10 targets and 5 catches for 50 yards.

Cooper Kupp, Week 7 against KC: 45 of 69 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 20 yards.

Cooper Kupp, Week 8 against CHI: 58 of 63 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 7 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Cooper Kupp played 16 games for SEA 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 and 300 air yards.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Caleb Douglas.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Caleb Douglas.
• Start Caleb Douglas over Darius Cooper.
• Start Cooper Kupp over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Darius Cooper over Cooper Kupp.
• Start DeMario Douglas over Cooper Kupp.