Start Kendrick Bourne or Cooper Kupp? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Kendrick Bourne over Cooper Kupp in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Kendrick Bourne at 7.5 points and Cooper Kupp at 6.3, 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 Kendrick Bourne this week yet, so his 7.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (5.3 and 9.7); 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.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Kendrick Bourne yet. His market-based projections were 5.3 and 9.7 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 7.5, 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 Kendrick Bourne 1.2 points ahead of Cooper Kupp on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Kendrick Bourne and ARI host DEN on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

DEN allowed 24.7 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 4th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 118 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against DEN.

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, Kendrick Bourne has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Kendrick Bourne is not on the injury report.

Cooper Kupp is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Kendrick Bourne played 59 percent of ARI snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Kendrick Bourne, Week 5 against DET: 36 of 73 snaps, 8 targets and 5 catches for 70 yards.

Kendrick Bourne, Week 6 against LAR: 8 targets and 5 catches for 47 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, 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.

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 Kendrick Bourne over Brycen Tremayne.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Kendrick Bourne.
• Start Kendrick Bourne over DeMario Douglas.
• Start Cooper Kupp over Brycen Tremayne.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Cooper Kupp over DeMario Douglas.