Start Drake Maye or Kirk Cousins? Week 6
Start Drake Maye over Kirk Cousins
- Market projects
- 19.1
- fantasy pts
- NYJ D vs QB
- 13.4
- 4th fewest to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 96%
- Through Week 5
- Market projects
- 15.5
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 97%
- Through Week 5
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Our Week 6 call
Start Drake Maye over Kirk Cousins in Week 6.
Market-based projections have Drake Maye at 19.1 points and Kirk Cousins at 15.5, a gap of 3.6.
What the market projects
Player markets imply 19.1 fantasy points for Drake Maye, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market-based projection for Drake Maye is 235 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 27 rushing yards and 0.3 rushing touchdowns (13, 15, 12 and 14 market sources).
Player markets imply 15.5 fantasy points for Kirk Cousins, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market-based projection for Kirk Cousins is 252 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 2 rushing yards and 0.1 rushing touchdowns (13, 15, 7 and 14 market sources).
That puts Drake Maye 3.6 points ahead of Kirk Cousins on the market projections.
Week 6 matchups
Drake Maye and NE host NYJ on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
NYJ allowed 13.4 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 5 games, the 4th fewest in the league.
Quarterbacks threw for 195 yards and 1.2 touchdowns a game against NYJ, with 0.2 interceptions.
Injury status
Drake Maye is not on the injury report.
Kirk Cousins is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 6
Through Week 5, Drake Maye played 96 percent of NE snaps, dropped back 179 times and threw an average of 9.2 air yards per attempt.
Drake Maye, Week 2 against PIT: 55 of 55 snaps, 14 of 22 passes for 208 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 2 carries for 20 yards.
Drake Maye, Week 3 against JAX: 51 of 63 snaps, 14 of 25 passes for 199 yards, 0 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, 4 carries for 18 yards.
Drake Maye, Week 4 against BUF: 76 of 76 snaps, 22 of 37 passes for 269 yards, 3 touchdowns and 1 interception, 6 carries for 56 yards.
Drake Maye, Week 5 against LV: 75 of 75 snaps, 26 of 34 passes for 374 yards, 4 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 4 carries for 29 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, Drake Maye played 17 games for NE and scored 360.0 PPR points, 21.2 a game, finishing QB2.
He completed 354 of 492 passes for 4394 yards, 31 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran 103 times for 450 yards and 4 touchdowns.
He was on the field for 97 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
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
QB4 · NE · bye 11
2026 vs pass yds line 2-3
- Overall rank
- 46
- Draft pick
- no draft data
- Tier
- 4
Ranked behind
QB18 · LV · bye 13
2026 vs pass yds line 4-1
- Overall rank
- 111
- Draft pick
- no draft data
- Tier
- 6
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 6, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board65
- Draft positionno current draft data for both
- Tierstier 4 and tier 6
- Board size325 draftable players
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