Start Michael Penix Jr. or Kirk Cousins? Week 5
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Michael Penix Jr. over Kirk Cousins
- Market projects
- 14.5
- fantasy pts
- Market projects
- 14.3
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 100%
- Through Week 4
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Our Week 5 call
Start Michael Penix Jr. over Kirk Cousins in Week 5.
Market-based projections have Michael Penix Jr. at 14.5 points and Kirk Cousins at 14.3, a gap of 0.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.
What the market projects
Player markets imply 14.5 fantasy points for Michael Penix Jr., with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market has Michael Penix Jr. at 221.5 passing yards and 1.5 passing touchdowns, with a 8% chance to score a touchdown (16, 15 and 15 market sources).
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 and 1.5 passing touchdowns, with a 6% chance to score a touchdown (14, 16 and 15 market sources).
That puts Michael Penix Jr. 0.2 points ahead of Kirk Cousins on the market projections.
Injury status
Michael Penix Jr. is not on the injury report.
Kirk Cousins 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.
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 5 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
QB26 · ATL · bye 11
2025 vs pass yds line 4-5
- Overall rank
- 123
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 7
Ranked behind
QB27 · LV · bye unlisted
2026 vs pass yds line 3-1
- Overall rank
- 129
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 7
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 5, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board6
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tiersboth in tier 7
- Board size222 draftable players
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