Kupp knows the unknown of a Week 1 game.
The Seattle Seahawks are inching closer to Week 1, with their clash against the New England Patriots at Lumen Field set to start the new NFL season.
In a game pitting last year's Super Bowl teams against each other, it will be an early litmus test for both.
With neither side playing many, if any, of their starters in the preseason, plus adapting and changing their schemes, Week 1 brings a lot of hope and excitement because football is back. But it also brings many unknowns to the table.
How can you prepare for a team when you don't know how they are going to set up?
It is another fascinating thread to pull because Seattle and New England aren't the only two to go through this. Every team will in Week 1.
And receiver Cooper Kupp knows the challenges that await.
"Week One and really the first couple weeks, you don't have tendencies to go off of," Kupp said. "You don't have new film, they didn't have a lot of guys play in the preseason. So you got a lot of stuff from last year that you're going off of. But everyone's playing with the same problem, you go out there, and you just play ball.
"So, I'm sure for every team stepping out on the field this next week, there's going to be a great opportunity for people to be able to adapt and move, figure things out, problem-solve, and hopefully make things come alive."
The Seahawks might have a slight edge, given they are at home and one of the most hostile environments in football will be greeting the Patriots.
But once the ball is snapped, it's all football, and for both teams, there are going to be things thrown at them that they have no idea are coming.
There will also be some things they do, but the hard part is you don't know how it's going to look, how a player is going to react, so it makes it a fascinating watch simply because both teams will be learning on the fly.
That is why the form book goes out the window in Week 1 because there are so many unknowns, and as Kupp stated, the entire league has the "same problem," which makes the opening to the new NFL season must-watch football.
