Start Cooper Kupp or Jaylin Noel? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Jaylin Noel over Cooper Kupp in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Jaylin Noel at 6.4 points and Cooper Kupp at 6.0, a gap of 0.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Jaylin Noel this week yet, so his 6.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (6.4, 8.1 and 4.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 6 player market is posted for Jaylin Noel yet. His market-based projections were 6.4, 8.1 and 4.6 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 6.4, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives Jaylin Noel a 13% chance to score a touchdown (13 market sources).

Player markets imply 6.0 fantasy points for Cooper Kupp, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Cooper Kupp is 22 receiving yards and 2-3 receptions, with a 19% chance to score a touchdown (13, 13 and 12 market sources).

That puts Jaylin Noel 0.4 points ahead of Cooper Kupp on these projections.

Injury status

Jaylin Noel is not on the injury report.

Cooper Kupp is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Jaylin Noel played 45 percent of HOU snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Jaylin Noel, Week 2 against CIN: 48 of 80 snaps, 1 carry for 13 yards, 5 targets and 1 catch for 31 yards.

Jaylin Noel, Week 3 against IND: 14 of 54 snaps, 1 carry for 8 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 17 yards.

Jaylin Noel, Week 4 against DAL: 34 of 55 snaps, 1 carry for 4 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 85 yards.

Jaylin Noel, Week 5 against TEN: 30 of 66 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 5 targets and 5 catches for 41 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 5, Cooper Kupp played 64 percent of SEA snaps, drew 11 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jaylin Noel played 17 games for HOU and scored 68.4 PPR points, 4.0 a game, finishing WR91.

He caught 26 of 35 targets for 292 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets and 193 air yards.

He was on the field for 27 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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 6 calls

• Start Jaylin Noel over Chris Godwin Jr..
• Start Jaylin Noel over DeMario Douglas.
• Start Jaylin Noel over Isaiah Williams.
• Start Cooper Kupp over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Cooper Kupp over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Christian Watson over Cooper Kupp.