Kirk Cousins or Jameis Winston: who should I start in Week 5?

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 47th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The player markets price Jameis Winston at 12.9 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 60th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kirk Cousins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 130th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jameis Winston: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 146th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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, Jameis Winston has been on the field for 96 percent of NYG snaps, dropped back 88 times and thrown 9.8 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 19 of 88 dropbacks and scrambled 1 time.

In Week 2 against LAR he completed 11 of 27 passes for 111 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 1 yards.

In Week 3 against TEN he completed 14 of 22 passes for 118 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 15 yards.

In Week 4 against ARI he completed 18 of 29 passes for 250 yards and threw 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions.

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 Jameis Winston played 3 games and scored 45.3 PPR points, 15.1 a game, finishing QB46.

He threw for 567 yards on 66 attempts with 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, and ran for 23 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 22.0 attempts a game at 8.6 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kirk Cousins was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jameis Winston scored 15.1 PPR points a game and Kirk Cousins 10.9, 4.2 a game between them.

Kirk Cousins finished QB35 that year and Jameis Winston QB46.

Kirk Cousins had 203 more pass attempts than Jameis Winston, 269 to 66.

Kirk Cousins had 1154 more passing yards than Jameis Winston, 1721 to 567.

This season Kirk Cousins holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 96 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.

What would change the answer

1.5 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.