Too close to call: Bryce Young (16.4) and Kirk Cousins (16.2) project within 0.2 PPR points of each other in Week 8, and Bryce Young faces the 5th-toughest defense against QBs.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Bryce Young QB · CAR | Kirk Cousins QB · LV | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 16.4 | 16.2 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 12.3 | 15.6 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 18.0 | 16.8 |
| StatChasers projection | 17.6 (QB11) | 15.6 (QB20) |
| Opponent | vs GB | vs NYJ |
| Opponent vs. position | 5th-toughest (14.3 pts/g allowed) | 15th-toughest (16.7 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | — | — |
| Position | QB | QB |
| Our call | START · QB1 | SIT · Bench |
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It is a coin flip. Bryce Young projects for 16.4 PPR points and Kirk Cousins for 16.2, within 0.2 of each other.
Break the tie with the floor if you are favored this week, and with the ceiling if you need a big game to win.
They are projected almost level: 16.4 PPR points for Bryce Young and 16.2 for Kirk Cousins.
The sources range from 12.3 to 18.0 for Young and from 15.6 to 16.8 for Cousins. Either result is well inside both ranges.
Kirk Cousins is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Cousins at 15.6 PPR points, against 12.3 for Bryce Young.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Bryce Young has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Young at 18.0 PPR points, against 16.8 for Kirk Cousins.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Bryce Young plays GB and Kirk Cousins plays NYJ in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Young faces the 5th-toughest defense against QBs and Cousins faces the 15th-toughest defense against QBs, so Kirk Cousins has the softer matchup.
Each projection already accounts for the opponent, so a soft matchup is a tiebreaker, not a reason to bench the higher projection.
These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Bryce Young nor Kirk Cousins has an injury designation for Week 8.
Designations change through the week, so check again before kickoff; this page updates with each refresh.
Each figure is the average of the projection sources that carry the player this week: StatChasers, Sleeper, ESPN, numberFire, FFToday and the betting markets (sportsbook player props). Bryce Young is projected by 6 of them and Kirk Cousins by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.