Kirk Cousins or Romeo Doubs: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kirk Cousins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 84th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Romeo Doubs: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 85th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Kirk Cousins at 16.9 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 4 market sources. That is 90 percent of what a quarterback's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has Romeo Doubs at 2.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver'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 5

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.

Through Week 5, Romeo Doubs has been on the field for 69 percent of NE snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 1 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 23 targets have averaged 16.6 air yards.

In Week 3 against JAX he caught 3 of 4 targets for 49 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BUF he caught 6 of 9 targets for 58 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 5 against LV he caught 1 of 3 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

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 Romeo Doubs played 16 games and scored 165.4 PPR points, 10.3 a game, finishing WR37.

He caught 55 of 85 targets for 724 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 5.3 targets a game, a 65 percent catch rate and 13.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Romeo Doubs was available for 6 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Kirk Cousins scored 10.9 PPR points a game and Romeo Doubs 10.3, 0.5 a game between them.

Kirk Cousins finished QB35 and Romeo Doubs WR37, which are two different ladders.

Kirk Cousins is a quarterback and Romeo Doubs a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Romeo Doubs is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Kirk Cousins.