Start DeMario Douglas or Cooper Kupp? Week 4

Our Week 4 call

Start DeMario Douglas over Cooper Kupp in Week 4.

Market-based projections have DeMario Douglas at 6.9 points and Cooper Kupp at 6.3, a gap of 0.6. 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 22.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 22% chance to score a touchdown (16, 16 and 16 market sources).

Player markets imply 6.9 fantasy points for DeMario Douglas, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has DeMario Douglas at 29.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 19% chance to score a touchdown (16, 17 and 15 market sources).

That puts DeMario Douglas 0.6 points ahead of Cooper Kupp on the market projections.

Injury status

Cooper Kupp was not on the injury report when the call was made.

DeMario Douglas was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Usage before Week 4

Through Week 3, Cooper Kupp played 61 percent of SEA snaps, drew 11 percent of the targets, earned 15 percent of the air yards and had 3 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.

Through Week 3, DeMario Douglas played 57 percent of NE snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 19 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

DeMario Douglas, Week 1 against SEA: 44 of 71 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 20 yards.

DeMario Douglas, Week 2 against PIT: 26 of 55 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 9 yards.

DeMario Douglas, Week 3 against JAX: 37 of 63 snaps, 5 targets and 1 catch for 38 yards.

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, DeMario Douglas played 17 games for NE and scored 95.8 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing WR65.

He caught 31 of 46 targets for 447 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 233 air yards.

He was on the field for 26 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

How Week 4 went

DeMario Douglas scored 3.5 PPR points and Cooper Kupp scored 2.3.

The call was right: DeMario Douglas outscored Cooper Kupp by 1.2.

DeMario Douglas finished 3.4 points below the 6.9 the market projected.

DeMario Douglas, Week 4 against BUF: 35 of 76 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 15 yards, 3.5 PPR points.

DeMario Douglas finished as the week's WR80 in PPR scoring.

Cooper Kupp finished 4.0 points below the 6.3 the market projected.

Cooper Kupp, Week 4 against LAC: 34 of 60 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 13 yards, 2.3 PPR points.

Cooper Kupp finished as the week's WR93 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 4 calls

• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Cooper Kupp over Chris Godwin Jr..
• Start Cooper Kupp over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Brenton Strange over DeMario Douglas.
• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over DeMario Douglas.
• Start Bucky Irving over DeMario Douglas.