Start Daniel Jones or Kirk Cousins? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Daniel Jones over Kirk Cousins in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Daniel Jones at 16.7 points and Kirk Cousins at 15.2, a gap of 1.5.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 16.7 fantasy points for Daniel Jones, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Daniel Jones is 237 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns and 7 rushing yards, with a 18% chance to score a touchdown (12, 10, 10 and 13 market sources).

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 242 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).

That puts Daniel Jones 1.5 points ahead of Kirk Cousins on the market projections.

Injury status

Daniel Jones is not on the injury report.

Kirk Cousins is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Daniel Jones played 100 percent of IND snaps, dropped back 189 times and threw an average of 7.3 air yards per attempt.

Daniel Jones, Week 2 against KC: 65 of 65 snaps, 22 of 31 passes for 210 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 3 carries for 10 yards.

Daniel Jones, Week 3 against HOU: 71 of 71 snaps, 24 of 36 passes for 235 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 3 carries for 5 yards.

Daniel Jones, Week 4 against WAS: 66 of 66 snaps, 19 of 34 passes for 143 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 2 carries for 5 yards.

Daniel Jones, Week 5 against PIT: 71 of 71 snaps, 24 of 44 passes for 267 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 3 carries for 4 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Daniel Jones played 13 games for IND and scored 234.4 PPR points, 18.0 a game, finishing QB17.

He completed 261 of 384 passes for 3101 yards, 19 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran 45 times for 164 yards and 5 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 91 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 6 calls

• Start Daniel Jones over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Daniel Jones over Bo Nix.
• Start Daniel Jones over Bryce Young.
• Start Kirk Cousins over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Kirk Cousins over Bo Nix.
• Start Brock Purdy over Kirk Cousins.