Should I start Kirk Cousins or Dalton Schultz in Week 6?

Updated Oct 19, 4:41 AM ET. Week 7 answers post Tuesday.

Start Kirk Cousins: 95 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Dalton Schultz's 56 percent of the snaps and 11 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 Dalton Schultz for Kirk Cousins?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Kirk Cousins projects 142 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (14.2 a game over 10 games), Dalton Schultz 90 (9.0 a game over 10 games).

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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.

Kirk Cousins

QB18 · LV · bye 13

2026 vs pass yds line 5-1

Market-based projection: 15.6 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 104

Dalton Schultz

TE16 · HOU · bye 8

2026 vs anytime td line 0-6

Market-based projection: 7.9 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 105

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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 104th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dalton Schultz, and the board ranks him 105th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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.

No season market is posted for Dalton Schultz, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season through Week 5

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.

Through Week 5, Dalton Schultz has been on the field for 61 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have averaged 6.5 air yards.

In Week 3 against IND he caught 3 of 3 targets for 30 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DAL he caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against TEN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 30 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 Dalton Schultz played 17 games and scored 177.7 PPR points, 10.5 a game, finishing TE10.

He caught 82 of 106 targets for 777 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.2 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 10 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 72 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Dalton Schultz was available for 7 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Kirk Cousins scored 10.9 PPR points a game and Dalton Schultz 10.5, 0.4 a game between them.

Kirk Cousins finished QB35 and Dalton Schultz TE10, which are two different ladders.

Kirk Cousins is a quarterback and Dalton Schultz a tight end, 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 13 and Dalton Schultz in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Dalton Schultz for Kirk Cousins?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Kirk Cousins projects 142 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (14.2 a game over 10 games), Dalton Schultz 90 (9.0 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Kirk Cousins for Dalton Schultz?
No. Keep Kirk Cousins: he projects 142 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (14.2 a game over 10 games), Dalton Schultz 90 (9.0 a game over 10 games).