Start Kirk Cousins or Tyler Huntley? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Kirk Cousins over Tyler Huntley in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Kirk Cousins at 13.1 points and Tyler Huntley at 11.4, a gap of 1.7. No player market is posted for Kirk Cousins this week yet, so his 13.1 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (14.0 and 12.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Tyler Huntley this week yet, so his 11.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (11.6 and 11.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Kirk Cousins yet. His market-based projections were 14.0 and 12.2 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 13.1, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Tyler Huntley yet. His market-based projections were 11.6 and 11.2 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 11.4, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Kirk Cousins 1.7 points ahead of Tyler Huntley on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Kirk Cousins and LV host LAR on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

LAR allowed 19.3 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 5 games, the 11th most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 165 yards and 1.6 touchdowns a game against LAR, with 0.8 interceptions.

Tyler Huntley and BAL host CIN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CIN allowed 17.3 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 5 games, the 16th most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 245 yards and a touchdown a game against CIN, with 0.6 interceptions.

By points allowed to the position, Kirk Cousins has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Kirk Cousins is not on the injury report.

Tyler Huntley is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Kirk Cousins played 97 percent of LV snaps, dropped back 221 times and threw an average of 8.4 air yards per attempt.

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.

Kirk Cousins, Week 6 against BUF: 23 of 41 passes for 313 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception.

Through Week 6, Tyler Huntley played 76 percent of BAL snaps, dropped back 85 times and threw an average of 5.9 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.

Tyler Huntley, Week 6 against CLE: 19 of 31 passes for 165 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 5 carries for 28 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.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Aaron Rodgers over Kirk Cousins.
• Start Kirk Cousins over Cam Ward.
• Start Daniel Jones over Kirk Cousins.
• Start Aaron Rodgers over Tyler Huntley.
• Start Cam Ward over Tyler Huntley.
• Start Daniel Jones over Tyler Huntley.