Start Cooper Kupp or Keon Coleman? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Keon Coleman over Cooper Kupp in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Keon Coleman at 7.7 points and Cooper Kupp at 6.5, a gap of 1.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Keon Coleman this week yet, so his 7.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 8 (8.4 and 7.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Cooper Kupp this week yet, so his 6.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (6.0, 6.3 and 7.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for Keon Coleman yet. His market-based projections were 8.4 and 7.0 points in Weeks 6 and 8, an average of 7.7, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

No Week 9 player market is posted for Cooper Kupp yet. His market-based projections were 6.0, 6.3 and 7.1 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 6.5, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

That puts Keon Coleman 1.3 points ahead of Cooper Kupp on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Keon Coleman and BUF visit MIN on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

MIN allowed 25.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 4th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 124 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against MIN.

Cooper Kupp and SEA host ARI on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

ARI allowed 33.6 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 12th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 153 yards and 1.4 touchdowns a game against ARI.

By points allowed to the position, Cooper Kupp has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Keon Coleman is not on the injury report.

Cooper Kupp is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Keon Coleman played 68 percent of BUF snaps, drew 14 percent of the targets, earned 23 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Keon Coleman, Week 4 against NE: 46 of 59 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 116 yards, 1 touchdown.

Keon Coleman, Week 5 against LAR: 45 of 64 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 7 yards, 1 touchdown.

Keon Coleman, Week 6 against LV: 58 of 68 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 59 yards, 1 touchdown.

Keon Coleman, Week 8 against BAL: 3 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards.

Through Week 7, Cooper Kupp played 68 percent of SEA snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Cooper Kupp, Week 7 against KC: 45 of 69 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 20 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Keon Coleman played 13 games for BUF and scored 102.4 PPR points, 7.9 a game, finishing WR60.

He caught 38 of 59 targets for 404 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 316 air yards.

He was on the field for 64 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 9 calls

• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Keon Coleman.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Keon Coleman.
• Start Darius Cooper over Keon Coleman.
• Start Cooper Kupp over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Darius Cooper over Cooper Kupp.
• Start DeMario Douglas over Cooper Kupp.