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Kirk Cousins

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Season / week
2026 / 8
Scoring
HALF · 12 teams · 1 QB
Source freshness
partial
Observed season stats
Through week 8; complete through week 7. The latest week may be partial.

Generation time is not source freshness. Individual future-projection capture dates and coverage are provided per player; not every input has an independent capture receipt.

outcomes
ready
Captured 2026-10-31T23:03:40.760224+00:00; complete through week 7
season projection
preseason prior
Captured Unknown
draft adp
preseason context
Captured Unknown
advanced stats
coverage not verified
Captured Unknown
Model version and retrieval details

Model generated: 2026-11-01T00:32:50.841496+00:00. Model generation time does not establish source freshness.

Model version: trade-value-sleeper-ros-v1

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Retrieved 2026-11-01T01:40:28.239112+00:00. This is the page retrieval time, not a source update.

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Alphabetical player research. Observed points use posted games; future estimates cover unstarted games through Week 17. Open a player for forecast dates and missing weeks. Trade values are model units.
PlayerPosTeamObserved points/gameGames playedEstimated future points/gameTrade value
Kirk Cousins QBLV 18.5716.0916.9

Future projection context

These estimates cover unstarted games through Week 17. They do not identify who to start this week; use your league's lineup tool for that decision.

Forecast source
Captured Sleeper future projections
Forecast captured
2026-10-31T23:31:38.044520+00:00
Unstarted games through Week 17
9
Weeks with provider forecasts
8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17
Weeks using model fallback
None recorded

Draft context

Historical context, not a weekly ranking or remaining-season forecast.

Full-season preseason projection
43
Draft average position
685.6

Observed production

Observed statistics are separate from model estimates. A missing season block means unavailable data.

This season

Fantasy points
129.5
Games played
7
Observed through week
7
passing yards
1,877
passing tds
16
interceptions
5
carries
15
rushing yards
4
rushing tds
0
targets
0
receptions
0
receiving yards
0
receiving tds
0
passing first downs
94
rushing first downs
1
receiving first downs
0
fumbles lost
0
Target share in observed games (%)
0
Fantasy points per game
18.5
Yards per carry
0.3
Yards per target
Unavailable
Yards per reception
Unavailable
Catch rate (%)
Unavailable
Total yards
1,881
Yards per game
268.7
touches
15
first downs
1
Expected rushing/receiving half-PPR points
3.7
Actual minus expected rushing/receiving half-PPR points
-3.3
Opportunity observed through week
7
Opportunity coverage
complete

Previous season

Fantasy points
103.5
Games played
10
Observed through week
18
passing yards
1,721
passing tds
10
interceptions
5
carries
14
rushing yards
7
rushing tds
1
targets
0
receptions
0
receiving yards
0
receiving tds
0
passing first downs
86
rushing first downs
5
receiving first downs
0
fumbles lost
1
Target share in observed games (%)
0
Fantasy points per game
10.35
Yards per carry
0.5
Yards per target
Unavailable
Yards per reception
Unavailable
Catch rate (%)
Unavailable
Total yards
1,728
Yards per game
172.8
touches
14
first downs
5
Expected rushing/receiving half-PPR points
6.7
Actual minus expected rushing/receiving half-PPR points
0
Opportunity observed through week
18
Opportunity coverage
complete

This season: advanced statistics

Snap share (%)
97.6
Time to throw (seconds)
2.89
Average depth of pass target (yards)
8.45
pass aggressiveness
20.62
Completion percentage above expectation
2.67
pass air to sticks
-0.53
pass rating
97.37
rush stacked box pct
Unavailable
rush time to los
Unavailable
Rushing yards above expectation per attempt
Unavailable
rush efficiency
Unavailable
rush pct over expected
Unavailable
rec avg separation
Unavailable
rec avg cushion
Unavailable
Average depth of receiving target (yards)
Unavailable
rec air share
Unavailable
Receiving yards after catch above expectation
Unavailable
rec catch pct
Unavailable
rec drops
Unavailable
rec broken tackles
Unavailable
Rushing yards before contact per attempt
Unavailable
Rushing yards after contact per attempt
Unavailable
rush broken tackles
0
pass pressured pct
23.1
pass bad throw pct
16
rec drop pct
Unavailable

Previous season: advanced statistics

Snap share (%)
86.1
Time to throw (seconds)
2.78
Average depth of pass target (yards)
6.93
pass aggressiveness
17.47
Completion percentage above expectation
-1.73
pass air to sticks
-2.07
pass rating
84.81
rush stacked box pct
Unavailable
rush time to los
Unavailable
Rushing yards above expectation per attempt
Unavailable
rush efficiency
Unavailable
rush pct over expected
Unavailable
rec avg separation
Unavailable
rec avg cushion
Unavailable
Average depth of receiving target (yards)
Unavailable
rec air share
Unavailable
Receiving yards after catch above expectation
Unavailable
rec catch pct
Unavailable
rec drops
Unavailable
rec broken tackles
Unavailable
Rushing yards before contact per attempt
Unavailable
Rushing yards after contact per attempt
Unavailable
rush broken tackles
0
pass pressured pct
21.8
pass bad throw pct
15.7
rec drop pct
Unavailable

Player narrative and news

Generated narrative is context, not a verified injury forecast or a weekly recommendation. Inspect its own dates before using it.

Write-up generated: 2026-07-22T02:44:42.345573+00:00

Vegas is Cousins's landing spot at 37, and the depth chart lists him second. His last extended run in Atlanta produced 172.8 passing-plus-rushing yards per game, last among quarterbacks who qualified, and a fantasy points-per-game figure that also ranked at the bottom of the position. The one trait that still flashed was aggressiveness, a 78th percentile rate of challenging tight windows, which on a 37-year-old with a 16th percentile aDOT reads as picking dangerous fights underneath rather than pushing the ball downfield. The projection hands him about 48 points as a spot starter, he holds no ADP at all in 1QB formats, and 2QB drafters take him around pick 238 as the QB41. An injury ahead of him would make him a short-term streamer inside a 19.2-point implied-total offense, and that scenario is the entire case for rostering him.

Latest stored news context

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