Start Kirk Cousins or Tyler Huntley? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Kirk Cousins over Tyler Huntley in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Kirk Cousins at 15.5 points and Tyler Huntley at 15.1, a gap of 0.4. 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 15.5 fantasy points for Kirk Cousins, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Kirk Cousins is 250 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 2 rushing yards and 0.1 rushing touchdowns (13, 14, 8 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 15.1 fantasy points for Tyler Huntley, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Tyler Huntley is 163 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 25 rushing yards and 0.2 rushing touchdowns (9, 13, 12 and 13 market sources).

That puts Kirk Cousins 0.4 points ahead of Tyler Huntley on the market projections.

Injury status

Kirk Cousins is not on the injury report.

Tyler Huntley 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, Tyler Huntley played 76 percent of BAL snaps, dropped back 47 times and threw an average of 3.7 air yards per attempt.

Tyler Huntley, Week 4 against TEN: 31 of 64 snaps, 8 of 9 passes for 63 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 18 yards.

Tyler Huntley, Week 5 against ATL: 76 of 76 snaps, 24 of 32 passes for 201 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 5 carries for 22 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, Tyler Huntley played 5 games for BAL and scored 40.1 PPR points, 8.0 a game, finishing QB47.

He completed 52 of 67 passes for 426 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, and ran 24 times for 151 yards and 0 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 26 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Tyler Huntley, Week 17 of 2025 against GB: 76 of 76 snaps, 16 of 20 passes for 107 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 8 carries for 60 yards, 14.3 PPR points.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Kirk Cousins over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Kirk Cousins over Bo Nix.
• Start Brock Purdy over Kirk Cousins.
• Start Tyler Huntley over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Bryce Young over Tyler Huntley.
• Start Tyler Huntley over Cam Ward.