Should I start Kirk Cousins or Ted Hurst III in Week 7?

The market-based projections

Kirk Cousins's market-based projection is 15.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 44th highest figure of the 205 players with a market-based projection.

Ted Hurst III's market-based projection is 7.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 102nd highest figure of the 205 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kirk Cousins, and the board ranks him 116th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ted Hurst III, and the board ranks him 118th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Kirk Cousins has been on the field for 98 percent of LV snaps, dropped back 221 times and thrown 8.4 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 40 of 221 dropbacks and scrambled 3 times.

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.

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

Through Week 6, Ted Hurst III has been on the field for 59 percent of TB snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 16.1 air yards.

In Week 4 against GB he caught 2 of 3 targets for 25 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DAL he was not given the ball.

In Week 6 against PIT he caught 3 of 6 targets for 40 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.

Ted Hurst III is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Side by side

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

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

7.2 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.