Start Laquon Treadwell or Cooper Kupp? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Cooper Kupp over Laquon Treadwell in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Cooper Kupp at 6.2 points and Laquon Treadwell at 4.7, a gap of 1.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Laquon Treadwell this week yet, so his 4.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (5.5 and 4.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 6.2 fantasy points for Cooper Kupp, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Cooper Kupp is 25 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (6, 6 and 7 market sources).

No Week 7 player market is posted for Laquon Treadwell yet. His market-based projections were 5.5 and 4.0 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 4.7, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Cooper Kupp 1.4 points ahead of Laquon Treadwell on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

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.

Laquon Treadwell 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.

By points allowed to the position, Laquon Treadwell has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Cooper Kupp is not on the injury report.

Laquon Treadwell is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

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.

Through Week 6, Laquon Treadwell played 72 percent of IND snaps, drew 12 percent of the targets, earned 18 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Laquon Treadwell, Week 3 against HOU: 56 of 71 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 20 yards.

Laquon Treadwell, Week 4 against WAS: 56 of 66 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 42 yards.

Laquon Treadwell, Week 5 against PIT: 57 of 71 snaps, 8 targets and 2 catches for 34 yards.

Laquon Treadwell, Week 6 against TEN: 5 targets and 2 catches for 21 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, Laquon Treadwell played 10 games for IND.

He caught 0 of 0 targets for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets and 0 air yards.

He was on the field for 5 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Cooper Kupp over Brycen Tremayne.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Cooper Kupp over Darius Cooper.
• Start Brycen Tremayne over Laquon Treadwell.
• Start Laquon Treadwell over Cody White.
• Start Laquon Treadwell over Darius Cooper.