Geno Smith or Kirk Cousins: who should I start in Week 3?
Neither man carries a posted season price right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
Updated Sep 25, 2026 at 2:01 AM ET
Neither is in the consensus draft sample any more, and the books have not posted a whole price on either of them, so there is no current market order to give between these two. What follows is what each of them has already done.
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QB28 · NYJ · bye 13
2025 vs pass yds line 5-10
- Overall rank
- 137
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 7
QB30 · LV · bye 13
2025 vs pass td line 2-8
- Overall rank
- 144
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 7
The gap
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Board size230 draftable players
Consensus average draft position has stopped updating on these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out rather than printed stale. The verdict line above restates the sportsbooks' price and nothing else.
Where the draft room stands
Drafters have formed no consensus on Geno Smith: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 137th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 122.
Drafters have formed no consensus on Kirk Cousins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 144th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 167.
What the sportsbooks price
The books have Geno Smith at 14.4 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 17 books. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
The books have Kirk Cousins at 13.6 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 16 books. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
Geno Smith's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season through Week 2
Through Week 2, Geno Smith has been on the field for 100 percent of NYJ snaps, dropped back 74 times and thrown 6.6 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 9 of 74 dropbacks and scrambled 6 times.
In Week 1 against TEN he completed 19 of 24 passes for 215 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 10 yards.
In Week 2 against GB he completed 27 of 40 passes for 247 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 17 yards.
Through Week 2, Kirk Cousins has been on the field for 100 percent of LV snaps, dropped back 63 times and thrown 8.6 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 11 of 63 dropbacks and scrambled 2 times.
In Week 1 against MIA he completed 21 of 30 passes for 160 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions and ran 2 times for 0 yards.
In Week 2 against LAC he completed 19 of 29 passes for 253 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 4 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Geno Smith played 15 games and scored 190.9 PPR points, 12.7 a game, finishing QB23.
He threw for 3025 yards on 448 attempts with 19 touchdowns and 17 interceptions, and ran for 109 yards and 0 touchdowns.
That came to 29.9 attempts a game at 6.8 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 97 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.
Geno Smith was available for 5 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Geno Smith scored 12.7 PPR points a game and Kirk Cousins 10.9, 1.9 a game between them.
Geno Smith finished QB23 that year and Kirk Cousins QB35.
Geno Smith had 179 more pass attempts than Kirk Cousins, 448 to 269.
Geno Smith had 1304 more passing yards than Kirk Cousins, 3025 to 1721.
Their snap share this season is the same, 100 percent each.
Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.
Byes and availability
Both are off in Week 13, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.
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