Start Cooper Kupp or Kendrick Bourne? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Cooper Kupp over Kendrick Bourne in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Cooper Kupp at 6.5 points and Kendrick Bourne at 6.0, a gap of 0.5. 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 6.6 fantasy points for Cooper Kupp, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Cooper Kupp at 25.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 21% chance to score a touchdown (15, 14 and 15 market sources).

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

The market has Kendrick Bourne at 23.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 16% chance to score a touchdown (15, 13 and 14 market sources).

That puts Cooper Kupp 0.5 points ahead of Kendrick Bourne on the market projections.

Injury status

Cooper Kupp is not on the injury report.

Kendrick Bourne is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Cooper Kupp played 60 percent of SEA snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 2 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.

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

Through Week 4, Kendrick Bourne played 61 percent of ARI snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 6 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Kendrick Bourne, Week 1 against LAC: 50 of 75 snaps, 8 targets and 8 catches for 75 yards.

Kendrick Bourne, Week 2 against SEA: 30 of 50 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 11 yards.

Kendrick Bourne, Week 3 against SF: 48 of 87 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 22 yards.

Kendrick Bourne, Week 4 against NYG: 42 of 66 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 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, Kendrick Bourne played 16 games for SF and scored 92.1 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR68.

He caught 37 of 53 targets for 551 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets and 386 air yards.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Cooper Kupp over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Cooper Kupp over Chris Godwin Jr..
• Start Cooper Kupp over Elic Ayomanor.
• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Kendrick Bourne.
• Start Kendrick Bourne over Elic Ayomanor.
• Start Isaac TeSlaa over Kendrick Bourne.