Start Bo Nix or Kirk Cousins? Week 5
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Bo Nix over Kirk Cousins
- Market projects
- 16.5
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 100%
- Through Week 4
- Market projects
- 14.3
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 100%
- Through Week 4
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Our Week 5 call
Start Bo Nix over Kirk Cousins in Week 5.
Market-based projections have Bo Nix at 16.5 points and Kirk Cousins at 14.3, a gap of 2.1.
What the market projects
Player markets imply 16.5 fantasy points for Bo Nix, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market has Bo Nix at 223.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 14.5 rushing yards, with a 19% chance to score a touchdown (15, 16, 15 and 14 market sources).
Player markets imply 14.3 fantasy points for Kirk Cousins, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market has Kirk Cousins at 229.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 0.5 rushing yards, with a 6% chance to score a touchdown (14, 16, 4 and 15 market sources).
That puts Bo Nix 2.1 points ahead of Kirk Cousins on the market projections.
Injury status
Bo Nix is not on the injury report.
Kirk Cousins is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 5
Through Week 4, Bo Nix played 100 percent of DEN snaps, dropped back 143 times and threw an average of 5.4 air yards per attempt.
Bo Nix, Week 1 against KC: 51 of 51 snaps, 17 of 28 passes for 131 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 2 carries for 3 yards.
Bo Nix, Week 2 against JAX: 62 of 62 snaps, 22 of 31 passes for 288 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 2 carries for 9 yards.
Bo Nix, Week 3 against LAR: 67 of 67 snaps, 17 of 34 passes for 186 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception, 4 carries for 7 yards.
Bo Nix, Week 4 against SF: 65 of 65 snaps, 25 of 42 passes for 214 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 10 yards.
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, Bo Nix played 17 games for DEN and scored 315.8 PPR points, 18.6 a game, finishing QB7.
He completed 388 of 612 passes for 3931 yards, 25 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and ran 83 times for 356 yards and 5 touchdowns.
He was on the field for 100 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
QB14 · DEN · bye 10
2026 vs pass yds line 1-3
- Overall rank
- 92
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 6
Ranked behind
QB26 · LV · bye unlisted
2026 vs pass yds line 3-1
- Overall rank
- 127
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 7
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 board35
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 6 and tier 7
- Board size223 draftable players
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