Kirk Cousins or Isaiah Williams: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kirk Cousins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 125th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Isaiah Williams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 133rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Kirk Cousins at 14.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 50th highest figure of the 207 players the market prices.

The market has Isaiah Williams at 6.4 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is 60 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Kirk Cousins has been on the field for 100 percent of LV snaps, dropped back 149 times and thrown 8.8 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 27 of 149 dropbacks and scrambled 3 times.

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.

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.

Through Week 4, Isaiah Williams has been on the field for 79 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 29 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 7.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against GB he carried 1 time for 14 yards, caught 6 of 6 targets for 34 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against DET he caught 1 of 2 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CHI he caught 2 of 3 targets for 73 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Isaiah Williams played 15 games and scored 58.7 PPR points, 3.9 a game, finishing WR98.

He caught 26 of 36 targets for 193 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 2.4 targets a game, a 72 percent catch rate and 7.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 36 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Isaiah Williams was available for 5 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Kirk Cousins scored 10.9 PPR points a game and Isaiah Williams 3.9, 6.9 a game between them.

Kirk Cousins finished QB35 and Isaiah Williams WR98, which are two different ladders.

Kirk Cousins is a quarterback and Isaiah Williams a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

What would change the answer

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