Should I start Jayden Daniels or Kirk Cousins in Week 6?

The market-based projections

Jayden Daniels's market-based projection is 19.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 11th highest figure of the 207 players with a market-based projection.

Kirk Cousins's market-based projection is 15.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 39th highest figure of the 207 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jayden Daniels, and the board ranks him 51st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kirk Cousins, and the board ranks him 111th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Jayden Daniels has been on the field for 84 percent of WAS snaps, dropped back 98 times and thrown 8.9 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 11 of 98 dropbacks and scrambled 16 times.

In Week 1 against PHI he completed 18 of 34 passes for 164 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 31 yards.

In Week 2 against DAL he completed 11 of 17 passes for 96 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 7 times for 69 yards.

In Week 5 against NYG he completed 17 of 25 passes for 199 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 8 times for 104 yards.

Through Week 5, Kirk Cousins has been on the field for 97 percent of LV snaps, dropped back 180 times and thrown 8.3 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 34 of 180 dropbacks and scrambled 3 times.

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.

In Week 5 against NE he completed 19 of 28 passes for 243 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jayden Daniels played 7 games and scored 117.3 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing QB34.

He threw for 1262 yards on 188 attempts with 8 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran for 278 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 26.9 attempts a game at 6.7 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 91 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.

Kirk Cousins was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jayden Daniels scored 16.8 PPR points a game and Kirk Cousins 10.9, 5.9 a game between them.

Jayden Daniels finished QB34 that year and Kirk Cousins QB35.

Kirk Cousins had 81 more pass attempts than Jayden Daniels, 269 to 188.

Kirk Cousins had 459 more passing yards than Jayden Daniels, 1721 to 1262.

This season Kirk Cousins holds the bigger snap share, 97 percent against 84 percent.

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

Byes and availability

Jayden Daniels is off in Week 7 and Kirk Cousins in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

3.6 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 live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.