Start Cooper Kupp or Makai Lemon? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Makai Lemon over Cooper Kupp in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Makai Lemon at 6.9 points and Cooper Kupp at 6.0, a gap of 0.9. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Makai Lemon this week yet, so his 6.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (6.9, 6.7 and 7.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 6 player market is posted for Makai Lemon yet. His market-based projections were 6.9, 6.7 and 7.2 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 6.9, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives Makai Lemon a 21% chance to score a touchdown (3 market sources).

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

The market-based projection for Cooper Kupp is 22 receiving yards and 2-3 receptions, with a 19% chance to score a touchdown (13, 13 and 12 market sources).

That puts Makai Lemon 0.9 points ahead of Cooper Kupp on these projections.

Injury status

Makai Lemon is not on the injury report.

Cooper Kupp is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Makai Lemon played 70 percent of PHI snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Makai Lemon, Week 2 against TEN: 48 of 76 snaps, 1 carry for -5 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 14 yards.

Makai Lemon, Week 3 against CHI: 35 of 50 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 29 yards.

Makai Lemon, Week 4 against LAR: 45 of 61 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 27 yards.

Makai Lemon, Week 5 against JAX: 50 of 62 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 43 yards.

Through Week 5, Cooper Kupp played 64 percent of SEA snaps, drew 11 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Cooper Kupp, Week 5 against SF: 51 of 63 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 15 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.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Makai Lemon over Chris Godwin Jr..
• Start Courtland Sutton over Makai Lemon.
• Start Makai Lemon over DeMario Douglas.
• Start Cooper Kupp over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Cooper Kupp over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Christian Watson over Cooper Kupp.