Start Cooper Kupp or Omar Cooper Jr.? Week 9
Updated Nov 3, 8:51 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 10 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Omar Cooper Jr. over Cooper Kupp
- Market projects
- 6.8
- recent weeks avg
- KC D vs WR
- 24.9
- 2nd fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 72%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 8%
- Through Week 8
- Market projects
- 6.5
- recent weeks avg
- ARI D vs WR
- 33.5
- 13th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 68%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 12%
- Through Week 8
Should I drop Omar Cooper Jr. for Cooper Kupp?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Cooper Kupp projects 50 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (6.2 a game over 8 games), Omar Cooper Jr. 42 (5.2 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Omar Cooper Jr. over Cooper Kupp. So make the move after his Week 9 game.
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Our Week 9 call
Start Omar Cooper Jr. over Cooper Kupp in Week 9.
Market-based projections have Omar Cooper Jr. at 6.8 points and Cooper Kupp at 6.5, a gap of 0.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Omar Cooper Jr. this week yet, so his 6.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (3.9, 7.1 and 9.4); 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.
What the market projects
No Week 9 player market is posted for Omar Cooper Jr. yet. His market-based projections were 3.9, 7.1 and 9.4 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 6.8, 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 Omar Cooper Jr. 0.3 points ahead of Cooper Kupp on these projections.
Week 9 matchups
Omar Cooper Jr. and NYJ visit KC on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
KC allowed 24.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 2nd fewest in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 121 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against KC.
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
Omar Cooper Jr. is not on the injury report.
Cooper Kupp is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 9
Through Week 8, Omar Cooper Jr. played 72 percent of NYJ snaps, drew 8 percent of the targets, earned 8 percent of the air yards and had 4 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.
Omar Cooper Jr., Week 8 against LV: 50 of 64 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Through Week 8, Cooper Kupp played 68 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: 3 targets and 1 catch for 7 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 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 Omar Cooper Jr. for Cooper Kupp?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Cooper Kupp projects 50 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (6.2 a game over 8 games), Omar Cooper Jr. 42 (5.2 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Omar Cooper Jr. over Cooper Kupp. So make the move after his Week 9 game.
Should I drop Cooper Kupp for Omar Cooper Jr.?
No. Keep Cooper Kupp: he projects 50 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (6.2 a game over 8 games), Omar Cooper Jr. 42 (5.2 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Omar Cooper Jr. over Cooper Kupp.
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Week 9 on the board
- Is Cooper Kupp playing Week 9?
- Is Omar Cooper Jr. playing Week 9?
- Seahawks depth chart
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- Start 'em sit 'em Week 9
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