Start Kirk Cousins or Deshaun Watson? Week 10
Updated Nov 11, 3:26 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 11 answer posts Tuesday.
Latest
- : Kirk Cousins: LV to MIN (Sleeper injury feed)
- : Deshaun Watson: Questionable to Out (Concussion) (Sleeper injury feed)
- : Deshaun Watson: Listed Questionable (Concussion) (Sleeper injury feed)
Start Kirk Cousins over Deshaun Watson
Deshaun Watson is listed out, so Kirk Cousins starts despite the lower projection.
- Market projects
- 13.7
- recent weeks avg
- GB D vs QB
- 13.9
- 6th fewest to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 98%
- Through Week 9
- Market projects
- 14.4
- recent weeks avg
- HOU D vs QB
- 18.5
- 12th most to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 99%
- Through Week 8
Should I drop Deshaun Watson for Kirk Cousins?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Kirk Cousins projects 118 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (14.8 a game over 8 games), Deshaun Watson 107 (15.3 a game over 7 games). For Week 10 the call starts Kirk Cousins over Deshaun Watson. Deshaun Watson is listed out.
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Our Week 10 call
Start Kirk Cousins over Deshaun Watson in Week 10.
Deshaun Watson is listed out on the injury report, so this is not a close call: start Kirk Cousins.
What the market projects
No Week 10 player market is posted for Deshaun Watson yet. His market-based projections were 13.5 and 15.3 points in Weeks 7 and 8, an average of 14.4, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.
No Week 10 player market is posted for Kirk Cousins yet. His market-based projections were 15.1, 14.8 and 11.2 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 13.7, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.
That puts Deshaun Watson 0.7 points ahead of Kirk Cousins on these projections.
Week 10 matchups
Deshaun Watson and CLE host HOU on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
HOU allowed 18.5 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 7 games, the 12th most in the league.
Quarterbacks threw for 263 yards and 1.4 touchdowns a game against HOU, with 0.4 interceptions a game.
Kirk Cousins and MIN visit GB on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.
GB allowed 13.9 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 8 games, the 6th fewest in the league.
Quarterbacks threw for 221 yards and 1.3 touchdowns a game against GB, with 1.3 interceptions a game.
By points allowed to the position, Deshaun Watson has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Deshaun Watson is listed as out with a concussion injury.
Kirk Cousins is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 10
Through Week 8, Deshaun Watson played 99 percent of CLE snaps, dropped back 306 times and threw an average of 7.2 air yards per attempt.
Deshaun Watson, Week 5 against NYJ: 68 of 68 snaps, 15 of 33 passes for 155 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 6 carries for 40 yards.
Deshaun Watson, Week 6 against BAL: 62 of 62 snaps, 16 of 26 passes for 164 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 8 carries for 29 yards.
Deshaun Watson, Week 7 against TEN: 70 of 70 snaps, 25 of 36 passes for 308 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 3 carries for 19 yards.
Deshaun Watson, Week 8 against PIT: 66 of 70 snaps, 27 of 39 passes for 324 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 3 yards.
Through Week 9, Kirk Cousins played 98 percent of LV snaps, dropped back 328 times and threw an average of 8.1 air yards per attempt.
Kirk Cousins, Week 6 against BUF: 66 of 66 snaps, 23 of 41 passes for 313 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception.
Kirk Cousins, Week 7 against LAR: 68 of 68 snaps, 26 of 44 passes for 295 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 3 carries for 6 yards.
Kirk Cousins, Week 8 against NYJ: 63 of 63 snaps, 19 of 26 passes for 247 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 3 carries for 5 yards.
Kirk Cousins, Week 9 against SF: 50 of 50 snaps, 22 of 32 passes for 216 yards, 1 touchdown and 3 interceptions, 2 carries for 0 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.
Their other Week 10 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 10, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Deshaun Watson for Kirk Cousins?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Kirk Cousins projects 118 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (14.8 a game over 8 games), Deshaun Watson 107 (15.3 a game over 7 games). For Week 10 the call starts Kirk Cousins over Deshaun Watson. Deshaun Watson is listed out.
Should I drop Kirk Cousins for Deshaun Watson?
No. Keep Kirk Cousins: he projects 118 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (14.8 a game over 8 games), Deshaun Watson 107 (15.3 a game over 7 games). For Week 10 the call starts Kirk Cousins over Deshaun Watson. Deshaun Watson is listed out.
Should I drop Deshaun Watson?Should I drop Kirk Cousins?
Week 10 on the board
- Is Kirk Cousins playing Week 10?
- Is Deshaun Watson playing Week 10?
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