Should I start Kyren Williams or Kirk Cousins in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kyren Williams, and the board ranks him 83rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kirk Cousins, and the board ranks him 84th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Kyren Williams is 4.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Kirk Cousins is 16.5 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 4 market sources. That is 45 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Kyren Williams has been on the field for 68 percent of LAR snaps, taken 54 percent of the carries, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 34 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 57 third down targets, had 7 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 41 targets have averaged 2.5 air yards.

In Week 5 against BUF he carried 16 times for 49 yards, caught 6 of 8 targets for 27 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against ARI he carried 10 times for 50 yards, caught 3 of 6 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against LV he carried 16 times for 99 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 22 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 7, Kirk Cousins has been on the field for 98 percent of LV snaps, dropped back 269 times and thrown 8.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 43 of 269 dropbacks and scrambled 5 times.

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

In Week 6 against BUF he completed 23 of 41 passes for 313 yards and threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception.

In Week 7 against LAR he completed 26 of 44 passes for 295 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 6 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Kyren Williams played 17 games and scored 263.3 PPR points, 15.5 a game, finishing RB9.

He carried 259 times for 1252 yards and 10 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 50 targets for 281 more yards.

That came to 15.2 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 2.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 68 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.

Kyren Williams was available for 7 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Kyren Williams scored 15.5 PPR points a game and Kirk Cousins 10.9, 4.6 a game between them.

Kyren Williams finished RB9 and Kirk Cousins QB35, which are two different ladders.

Kyren Williams is a running back and Kirk Cousins a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Kyren Williams is off in Week 11 and Kirk Cousins in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.