Start Kirk Cousins or Sam Darnold? Week 6
Start Kirk Cousins over Sam Darnold
- Market projects
- 15.2
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 97%
- Through Week 5
- Market projects
- 14.6
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 81%
- Through Week 5
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Our Week 6 call
Start Kirk Cousins over Sam Darnold in Week 6.
Market-based projections have Kirk Cousins at 15.2 points and Sam Darnold at 14.6, a gap of 0.6. 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 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 246 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 2 rushing yards and 0.1 rushing touchdowns (13, 14, 8 and 13 market sources).
Player markets imply 14.6 fantasy points for Sam Darnold, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market-based projection for Sam Darnold is 224 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 5 rushing yards and 0.1 rushing touchdowns (14, 14, 13 and 12 market sources).
That puts Kirk Cousins 0.6 points ahead of Sam Darnold on the market projections.
Injury status
Kirk Cousins is not on the injury report.
Sam Darnold is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 6
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.
Through Week 5, Sam Darnold played 81 percent of SEA snaps, dropped back 110 times and threw an average of 6.7 air yards per attempt.
Sam Darnold, Week 1 against NE: 5 of 50 snaps, 1 of 2 passes for 13 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.
Sam Darnold, Week 3 against WAS: 67 of 67 snaps, 31 of 45 passes for 379 yards, 4 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, 1 carry for 5 yards.
Sam Darnold, Week 4 against LAC: 60 of 60 snaps, 13 of 22 passes for 168 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception, 1 carry for 8 yards.
Sam Darnold, Week 5 against SF: 63 of 63 snaps, 18 of 29 passes for 195 yards, 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions, 1 carry for 5 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.
In 2025, Sam Darnold played 17 games for SEA and scored 249.4 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing QB13.
He completed 323 of 477 passes for 4048 yards, 25 touchdowns and 14 interceptions, and ran 35 times for 95 yards and 0 touchdowns.
He was on the field for 96 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 6 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
QB18 · LV · bye 13
2026 vs pass yds line 4-1
- Overall rank
- 111
- Draft pick
- no draft data
- Tier
- 6
Ranked behind
QB21 · SEA · bye 11
2026 vs pass yds line 2-3
- Overall rank
- 124
- Draft pick
- no draft data
- 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 6, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board13
- Draft positionno current draft data for both
- Tierstier 6 and tier 7
- Board size326 draftable players
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