Start Cooper Kupp or Marvin Harrison Jr.? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Marvin Harrison Jr. over Cooper Kupp in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Marvin Harrison Jr. at 6.7 points and Cooper Kupp at 6.5, a gap of 0.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for 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 Marvin Harrison Jr. at ADP 65 and Cooper Kupp at 186.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 6.7 fantasy points for Marvin Harrison Jr., with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Marvin Harrison Jr. is 28 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (8, 10 and 10 market sources).

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.

The market-based projection for Cooper Kupp is 0.3 touchdowns (8 market sources).

That puts Marvin Harrison Jr. 0.2 points ahead of Cooper Kupp on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Marvin Harrison Jr. and HOU visit LAC on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

LAC allowed 30.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 16th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 133 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against LAC.

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

ARI allowed 33.5 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 13th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 152 yards and 1.4 touchdowns a game against ARI.

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

Injury status

Marvin Harrison Jr. is not on the injury report.

Cooper Kupp is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 7, Marvin Harrison Jr. played 21 percent of HOU snaps, drew 14 percent of the targets, earned 36 percent of the air yards and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

Marvin Harrison Jr., Week 7 against NYG: 13 of 61 snaps, 4 targets and 1 catch for 6 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, Cooper Kupp played 71 percent of SEA snaps, drew 12 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Cooper Kupp, Week 8 against CHI: 58 of 63 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 7 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Marvin Harrison Jr. played 12 games for ARI and scored 127.8 PPR points, 10.7 a game, finishing WR49.

He caught 41 of 73 targets for 608 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 489 air yards.

He was on the field for 72 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Marvin Harrison Jr., Week 17 of 2025 against CIN: 19 of 57 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Marvin Harrison Jr., Week 16 of 2025 against ATL: 29 of 57 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 14 yards, 2.4 PPR points.

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 Marvin Harrison Jr. over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Marvin Harrison Jr. over Caleb Douglas.
• Start Darius Cooper over Marvin Harrison Jr..
• Start Cooper Kupp over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Caleb Douglas over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Darius Cooper over Cooper Kupp.