Cooper Kupp vs Jalen McMillan: The Full Breakdown
If you are choosing between Cooper Kupp and Jalen McMillan for your lineup, you are not alone. Cooper Kupp finished the 2025 season at 10.8 PPG for the Los Angeles Rams (12 games), and Jalen McMillan averaged 6.0 for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4 games).
That 4.8-point weekly advantage for Cooper Kupp is meaningful but not automatic. Fantasy football is a week-to-week sport, and the answer to "who should I start" often changes based on opponent, recent form, and game environment. Season averages set the baseline; weekly context makes the call.
Target volume is the story here. Cooper Kupp saw 92 targets in 2025, while Jalen McMillan drew 15. That workload gap usually translates into a higher weekly floor for Cooper Kupp, even in weeks where Jalen McMillan posts the bigger ceiling game. Consistency-minded managers lean toward target share; boom-bust managers chase the upside.
Cooper Kupp has his bye in Week 6, and Jalen McMillan rests in Week 11. Managers rostering both need waiver wire depth at wide receiver for those two weeks, and that is exactly the kind of planning DraftCall's matchup engine surfaces automatically so you are not scrambling on a Sunday morning.
