Rome Odunze or Kirk Cousins: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rome Odunze: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 141st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 66.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kirk Cousins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 143rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 167.

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Rome Odunze at 6.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 143rd highest figure of the 176 players the books 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.

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, Rome Odunze has been on the field for 66 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 17 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 19.6 air yards.

In Week 1 against CAR he caught 2 of 3 targets for 52 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against MIN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 43 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 Rome Odunze played 12 games and scored 146.1 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR41.

He caught 44 of 90 targets for 661 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 7.5 targets a game, a 49 percent catch rate and 15.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 82 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.

Rome Odunze was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Rome Odunze scored 12.2 PPR points a game and Kirk Cousins 10.9, 1.3 a game between them.

Rome Odunze finished WR41 and Kirk Cousins QB35, which are two different ladders.

Rome Odunze 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

Rome Odunze is off in Week 10 and Kirk Cousins in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

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.