Start Cooper Kupp or Quentin Johnston? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Quentin Johnston over Cooper Kupp in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Quentin Johnston at 7.4 points and Cooper Kupp at 6.5, 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 Quentin Johnston this week yet, so his 7.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 8 (7.6 and 7.2); 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 Quentin Johnston at ADP 98 and Cooper Kupp at 186.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for Quentin Johnston yet. His market-based projections were 7.6 and 7.2 points in Weeks 6 and 8, an average of 7.4, 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 Quentin Johnston 0.9 points ahead of Cooper Kupp on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Quentin Johnston and LAC host HOU on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

HOU allowed 37.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 4th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 187 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against HOU.

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, Quentin Johnston has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Quentin Johnston is not on the injury report.

Cooper Kupp is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Quentin Johnston played 81 percent of LAC snaps, drew 14 percent of the targets, earned 24 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Quentin Johnston, Week 3 against BUF: 60 of 69 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 40 yards.

Quentin Johnston, Week 4 against SEA: 53 of 71 snaps, 1 carry for -4 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 44 yards.

Quentin Johnston, Week 6 against KC: 56 of 68 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 57 yards.

Quentin Johnston, Week 8 against LAR: 50 of 61 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 37 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, Quentin Johnston played 14 games for LAC and scored 171.2 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR34.

He caught 51 of 85 targets for 735 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets and 514 air yards.

He was on the field for 77 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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 Quentin Johnston over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Quentin Johnston.
• Start Darius Cooper over Quentin Johnston.
• Start Cooper Kupp over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Darius Cooper over Cooper Kupp.
• Start DeMario Douglas over Cooper Kupp.