Start Savion Williams or Cooper Kupp? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Savion Williams over Cooper Kupp in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Savion Williams at 6.3 points and Cooper Kupp at 6.2, 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 6.2 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.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 6.3 fantasy points for Savion Williams, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Savion Williams is 23 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (12, 12 and 12 market sources).

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 (8 market sources).

That puts Savion Williams 0.2 points ahead of Cooper Kupp on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Savion Williams and GB host CAR on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

CAR allowed 27.7 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 6th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 133 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against CAR.

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.

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

Injury status

Savion Williams is not on the injury report.

Cooper Kupp is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Savion Williams played 56 percent of GB snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 5 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Savion Williams, Week 6 against DAL: 40 of 75 snaps, 2 carries for 9 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 32 yards.

Savion Williams, Week 7 against DET: 40 of 67 snaps, 2 carries for 4 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 47 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, Savion Williams played 12 games for GB and scored 25.5 PPR points, 2.1 a game, finishing WR144.

He caught 10 of 10 targets for 78 yards and 1 touchdown, with 4 red zone targets and 17 air yards.

He was on the field for 12 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Savion Williams, Week 16 of 2025 against CHI: 3 of 72 snaps, 2 carries for 9 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 0.9 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 8 calls

• Start Adonai Mitchell over Savion Williams.
• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Savion Williams.
• Start Darius Cooper over Savion Williams.
• Start Adonai Mitchell over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Darius Cooper over Cooper Kupp.