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Start Cooper Kupp or Makai Lemon? Week 9

Updated Nov 3, 3:36 AM ET.

Start Makai Lemon over Cooper Kupp

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Makai Lemon

WR · PHI · vs NYG

Market projects
8.6
recent weeks avg
NYG D vs WR
31.3
16th fewest to WRs (2026)
Snap share
76%
Through Week 8
Target share
18%
Through Week 8
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Cooper Kupp

WR · SEA · vs ARI

Market projects
6.5
recent weeks avg
ARI D vs WR
33.6
12th most to WRs (2026)
Snap share
68%
Through Week 7
Target share
13%
Through Week 7

Should I drop Makai Lemon for Cooper Kupp?

Not on these numbers alone. Makai Lemon projects 47 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (5.9 a game over 8 games) and Cooper Kupp 50 (6.2 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Makai Lemon over Cooper Kupp.

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Our Week 9 call

Start Makai Lemon over Cooper Kupp in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Makai Lemon at 8.6 points and Cooper Kupp at 6.5, a gap of 2.2. No player market is posted for Makai Lemon this week yet, so his 8.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (5.3, 10.0 and 10.6); 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. Drafters take Makai Lemon at ADP 140 and Cooper Kupp at 186.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for Makai Lemon yet. His market-based projections were 5.3, 10.0 and 10.6 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 8.6, 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 Makai Lemon 2.2 points ahead of Cooper Kupp on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Makai Lemon and PHI host NYG on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NYG allowed 31.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 16th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 127 yards and 1.3 touchdowns a game against NYG.

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

Makai Lemon is not on the injury report.

Cooper Kupp is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Makai Lemon played 76 percent of PHI snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

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

Makai Lemon, Week 6 against CAR: 52 of 64 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 19 yards.

Makai Lemon, Week 7 against DAL: 60 of 62 snaps, 8 targets and 7 catches for 67 yards, 1 touchdown.

Makai Lemon, Week 8 against WAS: 9 targets and 6 catches for 57 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, 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

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 9, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Makai Lemon for Cooper Kupp?

    Not on these numbers alone. Makai Lemon projects 47 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (5.9 a game over 8 games) and Cooper Kupp 50 (6.2 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Makai Lemon over Cooper Kupp.

  • Should I drop Cooper Kupp for Makai Lemon?

    Not on these numbers alone. Cooper Kupp projects 50 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (6.2 a game over 8 games) and Makai Lemon 47 (5.9 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Makai Lemon over Cooper Kupp.

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