Should I start Kirk Cousins or Deshaun Watson in Week 10?
Updated Nov 11, 3:26 AM ET. Week 11 answers post Tuesday.
Latest
- : Kirk Cousins: LV to MIN (Sleeper injury feed)
- : Deshaun Watson: Questionable to Out (Concussion) (Sleeper injury feed)
- : Deshaun Watson: Listed Questionable (Concussion) (Sleeper injury feed)
Week 10 verdict
Start Kirk Cousins over Deshaun Watson
Deshaun Watson is listed out, so Kirk Cousins starts despite the lower projection.
- Market projects
- 13.7
- recent weeks avg
- GB D vs QB
- 13.9
- 6th fewest to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 98%
- Through Week 9
- Market projects
- 14.4
- recent weeks avg
- HOU D vs QB
- 18.5
- 12th most to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 99%
- Through Week 8
Start Kirk Cousins over Deshaun Watson in Week 10. Deshaun Watson is listed out, so Kirk Cousins starts despite the lower projection. Watson is listed out.
Should I drop Deshaun Watson 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), Deshaun Watson 107 (15.3 a game over 7 games). For Week 10 the call starts Kirk Cousins over Deshaun Watson. Deshaun Watson is listed out.
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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.
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
QB19 · CLE · bye 11
2026 vs pass yds line 5-3
- Market-based projection
- 15.1 pts a game
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The gap
- Board size313 draftable players
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 Deshaun Watson, and the board ranks him 107th 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.
Deshaun Watson's market-based projection is 15.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 6 market sources. That is the 33rd highest figure of the 213 players with a market-based 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 8, Deshaun Watson has been on the field for 99 percent of CLE snaps, dropped back 306 times and thrown 7.2 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 65 of 306 dropbacks and scrambled 24 times.
In Week 6 against BAL he completed 16 of 26 passes for 164 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 8 times for 29 yards.
In Week 7 against TEN he completed 25 of 36 passes for 308 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 3 times for 19 yards.
In Week 8 against PIT he completed 27 of 39 passes for 324 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 3 yards.
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.
The season feed carries no line for Deshaun Watson in the last completed season.
Head to head
This season Deshaun Watson holds the bigger snap share, 99 percent against 98 percent.
Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.
Byes and availability
Kirk Cousins is off in Week 6 and Deshaun Watson in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.
Deshaun Watson is listed as out on the injury report.
What would change the answer
Kirk Cousins has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Deshaun Watson 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), Deshaun Watson 107 (15.3 a game over 7 games). For Week 10 the call starts Kirk Cousins over Deshaun Watson. Deshaun Watson is listed out.
Should I drop Kirk Cousins for Deshaun Watson?
No. Keep Kirk Cousins: he projects 118 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (14.8 a game over 8 games), Deshaun Watson 107 (15.3 a game over 7 games). For Week 10 the call starts Kirk Cousins over Deshaun Watson. Deshaun Watson is listed out.
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