Start Kirk Cousins or Cam Ward? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Kirk Cousins over Cam Ward in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Kirk Cousins at 14.3 points and Cam Ward at 10.2, a gap of 4.1.

What the market projects

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 (13, 15, 4 and 14 market sources).

Player markets imply 10.2 fantasy points for Cam Ward, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market has Cam Ward at 191.5 passing yards, 0.5 passing touchdowns and 10.5 rushing yards, with a 12% chance to score a touchdown (12, 10, 9 and 11 market sources).

That puts Kirk Cousins 4.1 points ahead of Cam Ward on the market projections.

Injury status

Kirk Cousins is not on the injury report.

Cam Ward is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

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.

Through Week 4, Cam Ward played 100 percent of TEN snaps, dropped back 135 times and threw an average of 6.6 air yards per attempt.

Cam Ward, Week 1 against NYJ: 50 of 50 snaps, 19 of 32 passes for 140 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 4 carries for 21 yards.

Cam Ward, Week 2 against PHI: 53 of 53 snaps, 13 of 20 passes for 183 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 4 carries for 7 yards.

Cam Ward, Week 3 against NYG: 60 of 60 snaps, 23 of 36 passes for 181 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 1 carry for 2 yards.

Cam Ward, Week 4 against BAL: 64 of 64 snaps, 20 of 31 passes for 222 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 4 carries for 27 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, Cam Ward played 17 games for TEN and scored 193.7 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing QB22.

He completed 323 of 540 passes for 3169 yards, 15 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran 39 times for 159 yards and 2 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 100 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Aaron Rodgers over Kirk Cousins.
• Start Bo Nix over Kirk Cousins.
• Start Brock Purdy over Kirk Cousins.
• Start Brock Purdy over Cam Ward.
• Start C.J. Stroud over Cam Ward.
• Start Daniel Jones over Cam Ward.