Two players, one answer.
Kirk Cousins vs Marquise Brown
Any league · this week start/sit · Standard
Stats through week 8 of 2026
This week
No call this week: one of them has no game or a projection under 4 points
Rest of season
Kirk Cousins by 62% (Redraft standard)Dynasty
Kirk Cousins by 53% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 9 · Standard · 97% held up in 2025
Start Kirk Cousins
On Sleeper's projections, Kirk Cousins is projected 16.9 points ahead of Marquise Brown. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 97% of the time.
QB · LV
Kirk Cousins
17.2 projected
@ SF · Sun 4:05 PM ET
20.6 a game this season · last 3: 19.5, 20.4, 28.2
WR · PHI
Marquise Brown
0.3 projected
vs NYG · Sun 1:00 PM ET
2 a game this season · last 3: 1.2, 3, 1.7
What the call rests on
- Kirk Cousins: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Nov 3, 6:40 PM ET
- Marquise Brown: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Nov 3, 6:40 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Tue, Nov 3, 6:41 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Tue, Nov 3, 6:41 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, scored | Cousins | Brown |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 17.2 | 0.4 |
| Half PPR | 17.2 | 0.3 |
| Standard | 17.2 | 0.3 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Marquise Brown plays first (Sun 1:00 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 Standard 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%.