Two players, one answer.

Cyrus Allen vs Kirk Cousins

Any league · this week start/sit · PPR

Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)

Cyrus Allen · Kirk Cousins

Week 8 · PPR · 93% held up in 2025

Start Kirk Cousins

On Sleeper's projections, Kirk Cousins is projected 15.4 points ahead of Cyrus Allen. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 93% of the time.

QB · LV

Kirk Cousins

16.7 projected

@ NYJ · Sun 1:00 PM ET

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

WR · KC

Cyrus Allen

1.3 projected

@ DEN · Sun 4:25 PM ET

1.9 a game this season · last 3: 0, 4.7, 2.8

What the call rests on

  • Kirk Cousins: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 12:20 PM ET
  • Cyrus Allen: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 12:20 PM ET
  • Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 12:27 PM ET.
  • Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 12:27 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.
Same projections, scoredCousinsAllen
PPR16.71.3
Half PPR16.71.1
Standard16.70.8

What could change it before kickoff

  • Kirk Cousins plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Cyrus Allen'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%.