Caleb Williams or Kirk Cousins: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Caleb Williams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 79th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 9.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kirk Cousins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 116th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Caleb Williams at 17.6 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 10 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Kirk Cousins at 15.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 31st highest figure of the 139 players the market prices.

Caleb Williams's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 2, Caleb Williams has been on the field for 93 percent of CHI snaps, dropped back 70 times and thrown 7.9 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 11 of 70 dropbacks and scrambled 10 times.

In Week 1 against CAR he completed 21 of 29 passes for 269 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 10 times for 65 yards.

In Week 2 against MIN he completed 15 of 26 passes for 138 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 5 times for 42 yards.

Through Week 5, Kirk Cousins has been on the field for 97 percent of LV snaps, dropped back 180 times and thrown 8.3 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 34 of 180 dropbacks and scrambled 3 times.

In Week 3 against NO he completed 22 of 33 passes for 248 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 5 yards.

In Week 4 against KC he completed 31 of 49 passes for 365 yards and threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception.

In Week 5 against NE he completed 19 of 28 passes for 243 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Caleb Williams played 17 games and scored 325.2 PPR points, 19.1 a game, finishing QB5.

He threw for 3942 yards on 568 attempts with 27 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran for 383 yards and 3 touchdowns.

That came to 33.4 attempts a game at 6.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 99 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Caleb Williams was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Caleb Williams scored 19.1 PPR points a game and Kirk Cousins 10.9, 8.3 a game between them.

Caleb Williams finished QB5 that year and Kirk Cousins QB35.

Caleb Williams had 299 more pass attempts than Kirk Cousins, 568 to 269.

Caleb Williams had 2221 more passing yards than Kirk Cousins, 3942 to 1721.

This season Kirk Cousins holds the bigger snap share, 97 percent against 93 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.

Byes and availability

Caleb Williams is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Kirk Cousins.

Caleb Williams is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Caleb Williams is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.