Start Cooper Kupp or Darius Cooper? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Cooper Kupp over Darius Cooper in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Cooper Kupp at 6.3 points and Darius Cooper at 5.6, a gap of 0.8. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 6.3 fantasy points for Cooper Kupp, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Cooper Kupp at 23.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 21% chance to score a touchdown (15, 16 and 16 market sources).

Player markets imply 5.6 fantasy points for Darius Cooper, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Darius Cooper at 20.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 14% chance to score a touchdown (16, 16 and 15 market sources).

That puts Cooper Kupp 0.8 points ahead of Darius Cooper on the market projections.

Injury status

Cooper Kupp is not on the injury report.

Darius Cooper is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Cooper Kupp played 60 percent of SEA snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

Cooper Kupp, Week 1 against NE: 39 of 50 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 35 yards.

Cooper Kupp, Week 2 against ARI: 30 of 70 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 20 yards.

Cooper Kupp, Week 3 against WAS: 45 of 67 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 46 yards, 1 touchdown.

Cooper Kupp, Week 4 against LAC: 34 of 60 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 13 yards.

Through Week 4, Darius Cooper played 41 percent of PHI snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

Darius Cooper, Week 1 against WAS: 8 of 55 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Darius Cooper, Week 2 against TEN: 31 of 76 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 26 yards, 1 touchdown.

Darius Cooper, Week 3 against CHI: 5 of 50 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Darius Cooper, Week 4 against LAR: 55 of 61 snaps, 7 targets and 3 catches for 33 yards, 2 touchdowns.

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.

In 2025, Darius Cooper played 13 games for PHI and scored 18.2 PPR points, 1.4 a game.

He caught 9 of 11 targets for 92 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets and 70 air yards.

He was on the field for 19 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Cooper Kupp over Chris Godwin Jr..
• Start Cooper Kupp over Cody White.
• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Darius Cooper.
• Start Darius Cooper over Cody White.
• Start DeMario Douglas over Darius Cooper.