Two players, one answer.

Bryce Young vs Kirk Cousins

Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR

Stats through week 7 of 2026

Bryce Young · Kirk Cousins

Week 8 · PPR · 55% held up in 2025

A toss-up

On Sleeper's projections, Bryce Young is projected 1.1 points ahead of Kirk Cousins. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 55% of the time. That's close to a coin flip: on these projections neither is the better start, and an injury report or a projection update before kickoff can tip it.

QB · CAR

Bryce Young

— final · points pending · 17.9 projected

@ GB · Thu 8:15 PM ET

20 a game this season · last 3: 21.5, 19.8, 7.4

QB · LV

Kirk Cousins

16.8 projected

@ NYJ · Sun 1:00 PM ET

19.5 a game this season · last 3: 13.7, 19.5, 20.4

What the call rests on

  • Bryce Young: Sleeper's projection, last changed Thu, Oct 29, 11:50 PM ET
  • Kirk Cousins: Sleeper's projection, last changed Thu, Oct 29, 11:50 PM ET
  • Sleeper's projections read Thu, Oct 29, 11:55 PM ET.
  • Injury statuses read Thu, Oct 29, 11:55 PM ET, with the projections (hourly). A fresh projection time doesn't mean every status is: game-day inactives, about 90 minutes before kickoff, can come after it.

What could change it before kickoff

  • A projection update of 1.1 points or more in the other direction flips the call; Sleeper keeps adjusting its projections until kickoff, and this page reads them again at most an hour after it last did.
  • Bryce Young plays first (Thu 8:15 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Kirk Cousins's late news is known.

Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)

This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with PPR settings. The percentage is how often a projected gap like this held up across the 2025 season; checked against 2026 games (not used to fit it), the stated chances so far run a few points high, so read a 60% call as nearer 55%.