Start Jared Goff or Kirk Cousins? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Jared Goff over Kirk Cousins in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Jared Goff at 16.6 points and Kirk Cousins at 13.7, a gap of 2.9. No player market is posted for Kirk Cousins this week yet, so his 13.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (15.1, 14.8 and 11.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 16.6 fantasy points for Jared Goff, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jared Goff is 269 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 1 rushing yards and 0.1 rushing touchdowns (14, 13, 5 and 12 market sources).

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 Jared Goff 2.9 points ahead of Kirk Cousins on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Jared Goff and DET host NE on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

NE allowed 15.7 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 8 games, the 10th fewest in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 236 yards and 1.4 touchdowns a game against NE, with 0.6 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, Jared Goff has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Jared Goff is not on the injury report.

Kirk Cousins is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Jared Goff played 99 percent of DET snaps, dropped back 298 times and threw an average of 7.5 air yards per attempt.

Jared Goff, Week 5 against ARI: 63 of 66 snaps, 19 of 30 passes for 271 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 1 yards.

Jared Goff, Week 7 against GB: 68 of 68 snaps, 22 of 32 passes for 303 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 0 yards.

Jared Goff, Week 8 against MIN: 72 of 72 snaps, 18 of 25 passes for 176 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 1 carry for 2 yards.

Jared Goff, Week 9 against MIA: 59 of 59 snaps, 17 of 25 passes for 170 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 2 carries for 7 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, Jared Goff played 17 games for DET and scored 305.1 PPR points, 17.9 a game, finishing QB9.

He completed 393 of 578 passes for 4564 yards, 34 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran 19 times for 45 yards and 0 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 98 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 10 calls

• Start Jared Goff over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Brock Purdy over Jared Goff.
• Start Jared Goff over Bryce Young.
• Start Aaron Rodgers over Kirk Cousins.
• Start Bryce Young over Kirk Cousins.
• Start Kirk Cousins over Cam Ward.