Start Cooper Kupp or Jahan Dotson? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Cooper Kupp over Jahan Dotson in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Cooper Kupp at 6.5 points and Jahan Dotson at 5.7, a gap of 0.7. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. 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. No player market is posted for Jahan Dotson this week yet, so his 5.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (5.3, 6.7 and 5.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

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.

No Week 9 player market is posted for Jahan Dotson yet. His market-based projections were 5.3, 6.7 and 5.2 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 5.7, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

The market-based projection for Jahan Dotson is 0.3 touchdowns (7 market sources).

That puts Cooper Kupp 0.7 points ahead of Jahan Dotson on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

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

ARI allowed 33.6 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 12th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 153 yards and 1.4 touchdowns a game against ARI.

Jahan Dotson and ATL host CIN on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

CIN allowed 31.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 15th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 138 yards and a touchdown a game against CIN.

By points allowed to the position, Cooper Kupp has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Cooper Kupp is not on the injury report.

Jahan Dotson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 7, Cooper Kupp played 68 percent of SEA snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

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

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.

Through Week 8, Jahan Dotson played 67 percent of ATL snaps, drew 14 percent of the targets, earned 33 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Jahan Dotson, Week 5 against BAL: 42 of 64 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 54 yards.

Jahan Dotson, Week 6 against CHI: 47 of 55 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 87 yards, 1 touchdown.

Jahan Dotson, Week 7 against SF: 38 of 69 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 6 yards.

Jahan Dotson, Week 8 against TB: 5 targets and 2 catches for 95 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, Jahan Dotson played 17 games for PHI and scored 50.2 PPR points, 3.0 a game, finishing WR109.

He caught 18 of 36 targets for 262 yards and 1 touchdown, with 3 red zone targets and 212 air yards.

He was on the field for 55 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Cooper Kupp over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Darius Cooper over Cooper Kupp.
• Start DeMario Douglas over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Adonai Mitchell over Jahan Dotson.
• Start Jahan Dotson over Efton Chism III.
• Start Jahan Dotson over Isaac TeSlaa.