Kirk Cousins or Michael Penix Jr.: who should I start in Week 3?
Neither man carries a posted season price right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
Updated Sep 25, 2026 at 4:36 AM ET
Neither is in the consensus draft sample any more, and the books have not posted a whole price on either of them, so there is no current market order to give between these two. What follows is what each of them has already done.
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QB30 · LV · bye 13
2025 vs pass td line 2-8
- Overall rank
- 142
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 6
QB31 · ATL · bye 11
2025 vs pass yds line 4-5
- Books price
- 12.9 pts a game Wk 3 price
- Overall rank
- 146
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 7
The gap
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Board size227 draftable players
Consensus average draft position has stopped updating on these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out rather than printed stale. The verdict line above restates the sportsbooks' price and nothing else.
Where the draft room stands
Drafters have formed no consensus on Kirk Cousins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 142nd overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 165.
Drafters have formed no consensus on Michael Penix Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 146th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 138.
What the sportsbooks price
The books have Kirk Cousins at 13.6 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 16 books. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
No sportsbook has posted a season market for Michael Penix Jr., so the only market pricing him on this page is the draft room.
This season through Week 2
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.
The usage feed holds no snap or target counts for Michael Penix Jr. this season.
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 Michael Penix Jr. played 9 games and scored 123.3 PPR points, 13.7 a game, finishing QB33.
He threw for 1982 yards on 276 attempts with 9 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran for 70 yards and 1 touchdown.
That came to 30.7 attempts a game at 7.2 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 93 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Kirk Cousins was available for 1 game more.
Head to head
In 2025 Michael Penix Jr. scored 13.7 PPR points a game and Kirk Cousins 10.9, 2.8 a game between them.
Kirk Cousins finished QB35 that year and Michael Penix Jr. QB33.
Michael Penix Jr. had 7 more pass attempts than Kirk Cousins, 276 to 269.
Michael Penix Jr. had 261 more passing yards than Kirk Cousins, 1982 to 1721.
Byes and availability
Kirk Cousins is off in Week 13 and Michael Penix Jr. in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.
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