Start Aaron Rodgers or Kirk Cousins? Week 5
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Aaron Rodgers over Kirk Cousins
- Market projects
- 14.5
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 99%
- Through Week 4
- Market projects
- 14.4
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 100%
- Through Week 4
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Our Week 5 call
Start Aaron Rodgers over Kirk Cousins in Week 5.
Market-based projections have Aaron Rodgers at 14.5 points and Kirk Cousins at 14.4, a gap of 0.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.
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What the market projects
Player markets imply 14.5 fantasy points for Aaron Rodgers, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market has Aaron Rodgers at 222.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 0.5 rushing yards, with a 8% chance to score a touchdown (12, 15, 5 and 14 market sources).
Player markets imply 14.4 fantasy points for Kirk Cousins, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market has Kirk Cousins at 232.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 0.5 rushing yards, with a 5% chance to score a touchdown (14, 16, 9 and 14 market sources).
That puts Aaron Rodgers 0.1 points ahead of Kirk Cousins on the market projections.
Injury status
Aaron Rodgers is not on the injury report.
Kirk Cousins is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 5
Through Week 4, Aaron Rodgers played 99 percent of PIT snaps, dropped back 167 times and threw an average of 9.4 air yards per attempt.
Aaron Rodgers, Week 1 against ATL: 67 of 67 snaps, 24 of 40 passes for 221 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions.
Aaron Rodgers, Week 2 against NE: 67 of 70 snaps, 23 of 39 passes for 187 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 1 carry for 5 yards.
Aaron Rodgers, Week 3 against CIN: 62 of 62 snaps, 19 of 33 passes for 292 yards, 3 touchdowns and 1 interception, 1 carry for 12 yards.
Aaron Rodgers, Week 4 against CLE: 72 of 72 snaps, 22 of 40 passes for 299 yards, 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions.
Through Week 4, Kirk Cousins played 100 percent of LV snaps, dropped back 149 times and threw an average of 8.8 air yards per attempt.
Kirk Cousins, Week 1 against MIA: 68 of 68 snaps, 21 of 30 passes for 160 yards, 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, 2 carries for 0 yards.
Kirk Cousins, Week 2 against LAC: 63 of 63 snaps, 19 of 29 passes for 253 yards, 3 touchdowns and 1 interception, 1 carry for 4 yards.
Kirk Cousins, Week 3 against NO: 70 of 70 snaps, 22 of 33 passes for 248 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 5 yards.
Kirk Cousins, Week 4 against KC: 84 of 84 snaps, 31 of 49 passes for 365 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Aaron Rodgers played 16 games for PIT and scored 234.1 PPR points, 14.6 a game, finishing QB18.
He completed 327 of 498 passes for 3322 yards, 24 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran 21 times for 61 yards and 1 touchdown.
He was on the field for 95 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
In 2025, Kirk Cousins played 10 games for ATL and scored 108.5 PPR points, 10.9 a game, finishing QB35.
He completed 166 of 269 passes for 1721 yards, 10 touchdowns and 5 interceptions, and ran 14 times for 7 yards and 1 touchdown.
He was on the field for 46 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 5 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
QB24 · PIT · bye 9
2026 vs pass yds line 3-1
- Overall rank
- 120
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 8
Ranked behind
QB26 · LV · bye unlisted
2026 vs pass yds line 3-1
- Overall rank
- 125
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 8
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 5, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board5
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tiersboth in tier 8
- Board size258 draftable players
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