Start Keenan Allen or Cooper Kupp? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Keenan Allen over Cooper Kupp in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Keenan Allen at 9.1 points and Cooper Kupp at 6.3, a gap of 2.8. No player market is posted for Keenan Allen this week yet, so his 9.1 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (10.6 and 7.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Cooper Kupp this week yet, so his 6.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (6.3 and 6.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Keenan Allen at ADP 142 and Cooper Kupp at 186.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Keenan Allen yet. His market-based projections were 10.6 and 7.6 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 9.1, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Cooper Kupp yet. His market-based projections were 6.3 and 6.2 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 6.3, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Keenan Allen 2.8 points ahead of Cooper Kupp on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Keenan Allen and IND visit MIN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

MIN allowed 27.1 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 5th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 133 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against MIN.

Cooper Kupp and SEA host KC on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

KC allowed 21.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 4 games, the fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 109 yards and no touchdowns a game against KC.

By points allowed to the position, Keenan Allen has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Keenan Allen is not on the injury report.

Cooper Kupp is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Keenan Allen played 59 percent of IND snaps, drew 23 percent of the targets, earned 18 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Keenan Allen, Week 2 against KC: 33 of 65 snaps, 5 targets and 1 catch for 5 yards.

Keenan Allen, Week 3 against HOU: 52 of 71 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 63 yards, 1 touchdown.

Keenan Allen, Week 5 against PIT: 32 of 71 snaps, 9 targets and 5 catches for 45 yards.

Keenan Allen, Week 6 against TEN: 11 targets and 8 catches for 82 yards.

Through Week 6, Cooper Kupp played 69 percent of SEA snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 15 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Cooper Kupp, Week 6 against DEN: 72 of 85 snaps, 10 targets and 5 catches for 50 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Keenan Allen played 17 games for LAC and scored 182.7 PPR points, 10.7 a game, finishing WR29.

He caught 81 of 122 targets for 777 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets and 546 air yards.

He was on the field for 55 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 7 calls

• Start Carnell Tate over Keenan Allen.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Keenan Allen.
• Start Keenan Allen over DeMario Douglas.
• Start Cooper Kupp over Brycen Tremayne.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Cooper Kupp over DeMario Douglas.