Cooper Kupp will play his first game in Seattle since 2021 | Professional sports

The Kupp family ordered 37 tickets from the Los Angeles Rams for this Sunday's game in Seattle, the first time Cooper Kupp has played at Lumen Field since 2021.

Jake Kupp, Cooper's grandfather and a New Orleans Saints Hall of Fame member as an offensive lineman, said Cooper looked healthy last week when he caught five passes for 51 yards and a touchdown in a 30-20 win over Minnesota. The Davis and Eastern Washington graduate played 58% of the Rams' 72 snaps in his first game back after missing six weeks with a high ankle sprain.

Another severe ankle sprain in 2022 required surgery and prevented Kupp from playing in LA's season finale in Seattle in January 2023. He spent much of the offseason rehabbing before a hamstring strain in August 2023 forced Kupp to miss the team's first four games, including the season opener in Seattle.

The last time he played at Lumen Field, Kupp caught seven passes for 92 yards, the second-lowest total of his historic NFL Offensive Player of the Year season. Jake Kupp said he mostly ignores talk of Cooper's injuries, viewing them as a coincidence rather than evidence of a trend.

“I saw pictures of him coming through training camp and he really stepped up,” Jake said. “In my opinion he could very well return to his 2021.”

Cooper started the season well, catching 14 passes for 110 yards in a loss to Detroit in Week 1. After losing four of five, LA has won two straight games to get right back into a wide-open NFC West race, just a half-game behind Arizona, San Francisco and Seattle.