Two players, one answer.
Kirk Cousins vs Zavion Thomas
Any league · this week start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
No call this week: one of them has no game or a projection under 4 points
Rest of season
Kirk Cousins by 80% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Kirk Cousins by 38% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 92% held up in 2025
Start Kirk Cousins
On Sleeper's projections, Kirk Cousins is projected 13.9 points ahead of Zavion Thomas. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 92% 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 · CHI
Zavion Thomas
2.8 projected
@ SEA · Mon 8:15 PM ET
1.6 a game this season · last 3: 3.2, 5.5, 0
What the call rests on
- Kirk Cousins: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 7:20 AM ET
- Zavion Thomas: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 7:20 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 7:27 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 7:27 AM 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 | Thomas |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 16.7 | 2.8 |
| Half PPR | 16.7 | 2.3 |
| Standard | 16.7 | 1.8 |
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 Zavion Thomas'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%.