Should I start Kirk Cousins or A.J. Brown in Week 10?
Updated Nov 11, 3:21 AM ET. Week 11 answers post Tuesday.
Latest
- : Kirk Cousins: LV to MIN (Sleeper injury feed)
- : A.J. Brown: Questionable to Out (Knee) (Sleeper injury feed)
Start Kirk Cousins: 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against A.J. Brown's 68 percent of the snaps and 22 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
Should I drop A.J. Brown for Kirk Cousins?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Kirk Cousins projects 118 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (14.8 a game over 8 games), A.J. Brown 23 (3.3 a game over 7 games). A.J. Brown is listed out.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
QB17 · MIN · bye 6
2026 vs pass yds line 7-2
- Market-based projection
- 15.6 pts a game Wk 9 price
- Overall rank
- 100
WR47 · NE · bye 11
2025 vs rec yds line 6-9
- Overall rank
- 124
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The gap
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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Kirk Cousins, and the board ranks him 100th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on A.J. Brown, and the board ranks him 124th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 23.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Kirk Cousins, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
The market has A.J. Brown at 2.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
This season so far
Through Week 9, Kirk Cousins has been on the field for 98 percent of LV snaps, dropped back 328 times and thrown 8.1 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 55 of 328 dropbacks and scrambled 5 times.
In Week 7 against LAR he completed 26 of 44 passes for 295 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 6 yards.
In Week 8 against NYJ he completed 19 of 26 passes for 247 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 5 yards.
In Week 9 against SF he completed 22 of 32 passes for 216 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 3 interceptions and ran 2 times for 0 yards.
Through Week 7, A.J. Brown has been on the field for 68 percent of NE snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 6 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 7 of its 21 two minute targets.
His 20 targets have averaged 13.4 air yards.
In Week 1 against SEA he caught 3 of 4 targets for 26 yards and did not score.
In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 3 of 10 targets for 27 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against CHI he caught 3 of 6 targets for 48 yards and did not score.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Kirk Cousins played 10 games and scored 108.5 PPR points, 10.9 a game, finishing QB35.
He threw for 1721 yards on 269 attempts with 10 touchdowns and 5 interceptions, and ran for 7 yards and 1 touchdown.
That came to 26.9 attempts a game at 6.4 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 46 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
In 2025 A.J. Brown played 15 games and scored 220.3 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing WR11.
He caught 78 of 121 targets for 1003 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.
That came to 8.1 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 12.9 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 91 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
A.J. Brown was available for 5 games more.
Side by side
In 2025 A.J. Brown scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Kirk Cousins 10.9, 3.8 a game between them.
Kirk Cousins finished QB35 and A.J. Brown WR11, which are two different ladders.
Kirk Cousins is a quarterback and A.J. Brown a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.
Byes and availability
Kirk Cousins is off in Week 6 and A.J. Brown in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.
A.J. Brown is listed as out on the injury report.
Drop or keep
Should I drop A.J. Brown for Kirk Cousins?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Kirk Cousins projects 118 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (14.8 a game over 8 games), A.J. Brown 23 (3.3 a game over 7 games). A.J. Brown is listed out.
Should I drop Kirk Cousins for A.J. Brown?
No. Keep Kirk Cousins: he projects 118 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (14.8 a game over 8 games), A.J. Brown 23 (3.3 a game over 7 games). A.J. Brown is listed out.
Both players in full
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