Jalen Nailor or Kirk Cousins: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jalen Nailor: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 147th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 197.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kirk Cousins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 148th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 163.

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Jalen Nailor at 6.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 books. That is the 150th highest figure of the 170 players the books price.

The books have Kirk Cousins at 13.5 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.

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

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Jalen Nailor has been on the field for 60 percent of LV snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 17 third down targets, had 0 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 7 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 11.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against MIA he caught 3 of 5 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against LAC he caught 1 of 3 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

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 Jalen Nailor played 17 games and scored 100.7 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing WR61.

He caught 29 of 53 targets for 444 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 3.1 targets a game, a 55 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 65 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.

Jalen Nailor was available for 7 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Kirk Cousins scored 10.9 PPR points a game and Jalen Nailor 5.9, 4.9 a game between them.

Jalen Nailor finished WR61 and Kirk Cousins QB35, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 13, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

What would change the answer

Kirk Cousins is only part priced, so the books' half of this page is whole for only one of them.