Start Cooper Kupp. Kupp is projected for 7.4 PPR points vs 6.9 for Quentin Johnston, and faces the 10th-toughest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Cooper Kupp WR · SEA | Quentin Johnston WR · LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 7.4 | 6.9 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 6.6 | 5.3 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 8.0 | 8.8 |
| StatChasers projection | 8.0 (WR50) | 5.3 (WR70) |
| Opponent | vs CHI | vs LAR |
| Opponent vs. position | 10th-toughest (29.2 pts/g allowed) | 5th-toughest (26.8 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 15% target share (last 3) | 11% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | SIT · Bench | SIT · Bench |
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Start Cooper Kupp. Kupp projects for 7.4 PPR points vs CHI, against 6.9 for Quentin Johnston vs LAR: a 0.5-point edge.
The projection is the average of every source that carries each player this week, and a player listed Out or Doubtful is never the start.
Cooper Kupp is projected to score more: 7.4 PPR points to 6.9 for Quentin Johnston.
The sources range from 6.6 to 8.0 for Kupp and from 5.3 to 8.8 for Johnston. The ranges overlap, so Johnston outscoring Kupp is a realistic result.
Cooper Kupp is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Kupp at 6.6 PPR points, against 5.3 for Quentin Johnston.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Quentin Johnston has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Johnston at 8.8 PPR points, against 8.0 for Cooper Kupp.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Cooper Kupp plays CHI and Quentin Johnston plays LAR in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Kupp faces the 10th-toughest defense against WRs and Johnston faces the 5th-toughest defense against WRs, so Cooper Kupp has the softer matchup.
Each projection already accounts for the opponent, so a soft matchup is a tiebreaker, not a reason to bench the higher projection.
Over his recent games Cooper Kupp has drawn 15% of his team's targets, and Quentin Johnston 11% of his team's targets.
Cooper Kupp has the bigger role, and volume is the steadiest thing a projection rests on.
These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets, which here is Cooper Kupp.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Cooper Kupp nor Quentin Johnston has an injury designation for Week 8.
Designations change through the week, so check again before kickoff; this page updates with each refresh.
Each figure is the average of the projection sources that carry the player this week: StatChasers, Sleeper, ESPN, numberFire, FFToday and the betting markets (sportsbook player props). Cooper Kupp is projected by 5 of them and Quentin Johnston by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.