Start Kirk Cousins or Aaron Rodgers? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Kirk Cousins over Aaron Rodgers in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Kirk Cousins at 15.2 points and Aaron Rodgers at 14.8, a gap of 0.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 15.2 fantasy points for Kirk Cousins, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Kirk Cousins is 243 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns and 2 rushing yards, with a 6% chance to score a touchdown (13, 14, 8 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 14.8 fantasy points for Aaron Rodgers, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Aaron Rodgers is 232 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns and 1 rushing yards, with a 7% chance to score a touchdown (12, 13, 4 and 13 market sources).

That puts Kirk Cousins 0.4 points ahead of Aaron Rodgers on the market projections.

Injury status

Kirk Cousins is not on the injury report.

Aaron Rodgers is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Kirk Cousins played 97 percent of LV snaps, dropped back 180 times and threw an average of 8.3 air yards per attempt.

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.

Kirk Cousins, Week 5 against NE: 50 of 60 snaps, 19 of 28 passes for 243 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions.

Through Week 5, Aaron Rodgers played 98 percent of PIT snaps, dropped back 200 times and threw an average of 8.6 air yards per attempt.

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.

Aaron Rodgers, Week 5 against IND: 58 of 60 snaps, 22 of 31 passes for 235 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 6 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

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.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Kirk Cousins over Bo Nix.
• Start Brock Purdy over Kirk Cousins.
• Start Bryce Young over Kirk Cousins.
• Start Bo Nix over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Bryce Young over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Caleb Williams over Aaron Rodgers.