Start Omar Cooper Jr. or Cooper Kupp? Week 8
Updated Oct 27, 1:11 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 9 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Cooper Kupp over Omar Cooper Jr.
- Market projects
- 6.2
- recent weeks avg
- CHI D vs WR
- 29.2
- 10th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 68%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 13%
- Through Week 7
- Market projects
- 5.5
- recent weeks avg
- LV D vs WR
- 31.4
- 16th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 64%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 17%
- Through Week 7
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Our Week 8 call
Start Cooper Kupp over Omar Cooper Jr. in Week 8.
Market-based projections have Cooper Kupp at 6.2 points and Omar Cooper Jr. at 5.5, a gap of 0.7. 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 6.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (6.2, 6.0 and 6.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Omar Cooper Jr. this week yet, so his 5.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 7 (3.9 and 7.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.
What the market projects
No Week 8 player market is posted for Cooper Kupp yet. His market-based projections were 6.2, 6.0 and 6.3 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 6.2, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.
The market-based projection for Cooper Kupp is 0.3 touchdowns (7 market sources).
No Week 8 player market is posted for Omar Cooper Jr. yet. His market-based projections were 3.9 and 7.1 points in Weeks 6 and 7, an average of 5.5, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.
The market-based projection for Omar Cooper Jr. is 0.4 touchdowns (6 market sources).
That puts Cooper Kupp 0.7 points ahead of Omar Cooper Jr. on these projections.
Week 8 matchups
Cooper Kupp and SEA host CHI on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.
CHI allowed 29.2 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 10th fewest in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 149 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against CHI.
Omar Cooper Jr. and NYJ host LV on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
LV allowed 31.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 16th most in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 150 yards and 1.1 touchdowns a game against LV.
By points allowed to the position, Omar Cooper Jr. has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Cooper Kupp is not on the injury report.
Omar Cooper Jr. is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 8
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.
Through Week 7, Omar Cooper Jr. played 64 percent of NYJ snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 35 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.
Omar Cooper Jr., Week 7 against MIA: 38 of 59 snaps, 5 targets and 5 catches for 115 yards, 1 touchdown.
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 8 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 8, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Week 8 on the board
- Is Omar Cooper Jr. playing Week 8?
- Is Cooper Kupp playing Week 8?
- Jets depth chart
- Seahawks depth chart
- Week 8 WR rankings
- Week 8 fantasy rankings
- Week 8 start or sit
- Week 8 waiver wire
- Week 8 trade value chart
- Trade deadline buy low, sell high
- Fantasy football rankings
- Start 'em sit 'em Week 8
- Waiver wire pickups
- Fantasy sleepers
- Rest of season rankings
- Week 8 kicker rankings
- Week 8 defense rankings