Start Jordan Watkins or Cooper Kupp? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Cooper Kupp over Jordan Watkins in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Cooper Kupp at 6.6 points and Jordan Watkins at 5.5, a gap of 1.2. 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 6.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (6.3, 7.1 and 6.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Jordan Watkins this week yet, so his 5.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 9 (5.2 and 5.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 10 player market is posted for Cooper Kupp yet. His market-based projections were 6.3, 7.1 and 6.5 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 6.6, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

No Week 10 player market is posted for Jordan Watkins yet. His market-based projections were 5.2 and 5.8 points in Weeks 7 and 9, an average of 5.5, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

The market-based projection for Jordan Watkins is 0.3 touchdowns (5 market sources).

That puts Cooper Kupp 1.2 points ahead of Jordan Watkins on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Cooper Kupp and SEA visit LV on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

LV allowed 33.8 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 11th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 162 yards and 1.3 touchdowns a game against LV.

Jordan Watkins and SF visit DAL on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

DAL allowed 35.6 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 7th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 164 yards and a touchdown a game against DAL.

By points allowed to the position, Jordan Watkins has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Cooper Kupp is not on the injury report.

Jordan Watkins is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Cooper Kupp played 71 percent of SEA snaps, drew 12 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Cooper Kupp, Week 9 against ARI: 49 of 67 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 32 yards.

Through Week 9, Jordan Watkins played 56 percent of SF snaps, drew 8 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Jordan Watkins, Week 5 against SEA: 22 of 60 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jordan Watkins, Week 6 against WAS: 47 of 62 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 22 yards.

Jordan Watkins, Week 7 against ATL: 50 of 66 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 56 yards.

Jordan Watkins, Week 9 against LV: 56 of 73 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 86 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.

In 2025, Jordan Watkins played 4 games for SF and scored 4.6 PPR points, 1.2 a game.

He caught 2 of 3 targets for 26 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets and 25 air yards.

He was on the field for 7 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Cooper Kupp over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start DeMario Douglas over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Cooper Kupp over Dohnte Meyers.
• Start Dohnte Meyers over Jordan Watkins.
• Start Efton Chism III over Jordan Watkins.
• Start Elic Ayomanor over Jordan Watkins.