Start Kirk Cousins or Bo Nix? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Kirk Cousins over Bo Nix in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Kirk Cousins at 15.2 points and Bo Nix at 15.1, a gap of 0.1. 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 has Kirk Cousins at 241.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 2.5 rushing yards, with a 6% chance to score a touchdown (9, 9, 3 and 6 market sources).

Player markets imply 15.1 fantasy points for Bo Nix, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market has Bo Nix at 201.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 14.5 rushing yards, with a 18% chance to score a touchdown (12, 14, 13 and 13 market sources).

That puts Kirk Cousins 0.1 points ahead of Bo Nix on the market projections.

Injury status

Kirk Cousins is not on the injury report.

Bo Nix 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, Bo Nix played 100 percent of DEN snaps, dropped back 172 times and threw an average of 5.2 air yards per attempt.

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.

Bo Nix, Week 5 against LAC: 62 of 62 snaps, 16 of 27 passes for 123 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 4 carries for 10 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, 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.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Brock Purdy over Kirk Cousins.
• Start Kirk Cousins over Caleb Williams.
• Start Kirk Cousins over Cam Ward.
• Start Brock Purdy over Bo Nix.
• Start Bo Nix over Cam Ward.
• Start C.J. Stroud over Bo Nix.