Start Kirk Cousins or Aaron Rodgers? Week 7
Updated Oct 19, 7:56 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 8 answer posts Tuesday.
Early kickoff: 9:30 AM ET, set your lineup before then.
Start Aaron Rodgers over Kirk Cousins
- Market projects
- 13.3
- recent weeks avg
- NO D vs QB
- 17.1
- 16th fewest to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 98%
- Through Week 6
- Market projects
- 13.1
- recent weeks avg
- LAR D vs QB
- 19.3
- 11th most to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 97%
- Through Week 6
Should I drop Aaron Rodgers for Kirk Cousins?
Not on these numbers alone. Aaron Rodgers projects 142 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (14.2 a game over 10 games) and Kirk Cousins 142 (14.2 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Aaron Rodgers over Kirk Cousins.
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Our Week 7 call
Start Aaron Rodgers over Kirk Cousins in Week 7.
Market-based projections have Aaron Rodgers at 13.3 points and Kirk Cousins at 13.1, a gap of 0.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Aaron Rodgers this week yet, so his 13.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (12.0 and 14.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Kirk Cousins this week yet, so his 13.1 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (14.0 and 12.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.
What the market projects
No Week 7 player market is posted for Aaron Rodgers yet. His market-based projections were 12.0 and 14.5 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 13.3, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.
No Week 7 player market is posted for Kirk Cousins yet. His market-based projections were 14.0 and 12.2 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 13.1, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.
That puts Aaron Rodgers 0.2 points ahead of Kirk Cousins on these projections.
Week 7 matchups
Aaron Rodgers and PIT visit NO on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.
NO allowed 17.1 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 5 games, the 16th fewest in the league.
Quarterbacks threw for 228 yards and 1.6 touchdowns a game against NO, with 0.2 interceptions.
Kirk Cousins and LV host LAR on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.
LAR allowed 19.3 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 5 games, the 11th most in the league.
Quarterbacks threw for 165 yards and 1.6 touchdowns a game against LAR, with 0.8 interceptions.
By points allowed to the position, Kirk Cousins has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Aaron Rodgers is not on the injury report.
Kirk Cousins is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 7
Through Week 6, Aaron Rodgers played 98 percent of PIT snaps, dropped back 252 times and threw an average of 7.7 air yards per attempt.
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.
Aaron Rodgers, Week 6 against TB: 33 of 47 passes for 253 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception.
Through Week 6, Kirk Cousins played 97 percent of LV snaps, dropped back 221 times and threw an average of 8.4 air yards per attempt.
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.
Kirk Cousins, Week 6 against BUF: 23 of 41 passes for 313 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 7 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 7, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Aaron Rodgers for Kirk Cousins?
Not on these numbers alone. Aaron Rodgers projects 142 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (14.2 a game over 10 games) and Kirk Cousins 142 (14.2 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Aaron Rodgers over Kirk Cousins.
Should I drop Kirk Cousins for Aaron Rodgers?
Not on these numbers alone. Kirk Cousins projects 142 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (14.2 a game over 10 games) and Aaron Rodgers 142 (14.2 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Aaron Rodgers over Kirk Cousins.
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