Skip to main content
parlae.io
Sign in

Start Ted Hurst III or Cooper Kupp? Week 9

Updated Nov 3, 6:26 AM ET.

Start Cooper Kupp over Ted Hurst III

Start

Cooper Kupp

WR · SEA · vs ARI

Market projects
6.5
recent weeks avg
ARI D vs WR
33.6
12th most to WRs (2026)
Snap share
68%
Through Week 7
Target share
13%
Through Week 7
Sit

Ted Hurst III

WR · TB · at CHI

Market projects
6.3
recent weeks avg
CHI D vs WR
29.2
10th fewest to WRs (2026)
Snap share
56%
Through Week 8
Target share
14%
Through Week 8

Should I drop Ted Hurst III 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), Ted Hurst III 41 (5.1 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Cooper Kupp over Ted Hurst III.

Parlae may earn a commission from price links.

Advertisement

Make this call for your own roster

Sync your league and My Team sets this week's lineup for your actual roster, spot by spot. Free, no account.

Sync my league

SleeperESPNYahoo

Or get it by email

Tuesday 7am ET: one email with what moved on the board and who is worth a claim.

Free. One a week, one tap to stop.

Our Week 9 call

Start Cooper Kupp over Ted Hurst III in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Cooper Kupp at 6.5 points and Ted Hurst III at 6.3, 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. No player market is posted for Ted Hurst III this week yet, so his 6.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (3.5, 8.0 and 7.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

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.

No Week 9 player market is posted for Ted Hurst III yet. His market-based projections were 3.5, 8.0 and 7.3 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 6.3, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

That puts Cooper Kupp 0.2 points ahead of Ted Hurst III on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

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

ARI allowed 33.6 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 12th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 153 yards and 1.4 touchdowns a game against ARI.

Ted Hurst III and TB visit CHI on Sunday at 8:20 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

Cooper Kupp is not on the injury report.

Ted Hurst III is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

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 8, Ted Hurst III played 56 percent of TB snaps, drew 14 percent of the targets, earned 46 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Ted Hurst III, Week 7 against CAR: 35 of 63 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Ted Hurst III, Week 8 against ATL: 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

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 Ted Hurst III 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), Ted Hurst III 41 (5.1 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Cooper Kupp over Ted Hurst III.

  • Should I drop Cooper Kupp for Ted Hurst III?

    No. Keep Cooper Kupp: he projects 50 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (6.2 a game over 8 games), Ted Hurst III 41 (5.1 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Cooper Kupp over Ted Hurst III.

Should I drop Cooper Kupp?

Week 9 on the board

Elsewhere on the board