Noah Brown and Zach Ertz are both free agents this offseason, and there’s a good chance they will move on from one or both. And as good as Terry McLaurin was this past season catching 13 touchdowns, the Commanders need another receiver to help Jayden Daniels take the next step in year two, and they have the third-most cap space in the league heading into the offseason, so they can handle Kupp’s contract. Remember, Kupp was a weekly WR1 start and averaged 18 PPR points per game from Weeks 1-14. Daniels injected much-needed juice into McLaurin’s game, and that’s exactly what Kupp needs to get back on track for fantasy.

The writing is on the wall for Tee Higgins – it seems like he’s going to be leaving this offseason, and yes – Andrei Iosivas is a capable Number 3, but Cooper Kupp would be able to step right in as a solid WR2 and gobble up targets from Joe Burrow. It’s primarily the fact that Joe Burrow would be his quarterback that makes this landing spot appealing, but at this stage in his career, Kupp would likely be better off in a proven effective offense with other weapons around him to draw away coverage.

Kayshon Boutte and DeMario Douglas were both fun for a few weeks with Drake Maye, but they need to get him some real weapons in the receiving game. Kupp wouldn’t be the answer to all the Patriots’ problems, but he would be in line for immediate WR2-worthy target share at worst from one of the up-and-coming players in the league. At the very least, he’d be in for a sizeable workload – one that would resemble the work he was getting alongside Puka or even more.

Stefon Diggs is coming off a season-ending injury and is set to be a free agent, while Tank Dell is also nursing a season-ending injury of his own. That leaves the number 2 spot behind Nico Collins wide open, especially early in the season, and Cooper Kupp could be productive in a role very similar to the one Diggs played this past season. Kupp could follow new Texans OC Nick Caley over from LA to Houston and be on fantasy draft radars as a fringe WR2/high WR3 candidate out the gate.

The dark horse landing spot that could feed families. Chris Godwin is also coming off a season-ending injury and is set to be a free agent this offseason, so the Buccaneers will be in the market for a new WR. With Mike Evans entering his age 32 season himself, there’s a chance that Tampa Bay looks to a younger receiver to fill the void left by Godwin – but for fantasy purposes, Kupp would be fully capable of stepping right into the slot role vacated by Godwin that made Godwin the overall WR1 through his seven healthy games in 2024. His age could ultimately keep him out of Tampa Bay, but this would be a sneaky good landing spot assuming Kupp has more left in the tank than we saw at the end of 2024.