Start Kirk Cousins. Cousins is projected for 16.5 PPR points vs 13.1 for Joe Milton, and faces the 11th-toughest defense against QBs this week.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Kirk Cousins QB · LV | Joe Milton QB · PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 16.5 | 13.1 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 14.9 | 10.1 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 17.2 | 15.0 |
| StatChasers projection | 16.8 (QB16) | 13.9 (QB27) |
| Opponent | vs SF | vs NYG |
| Opponent vs. position | 11th-toughest (15.7 pts/g allowed) | 7th-softest (20.4 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | — | — |
| Position | QB | QB |
| Our call | FLEX · Streamer | SIT · Bench |
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Start Kirk Cousins. Cousins projects for 16.5 PPR points vs SF, against 13.1 for Joe Milton vs NYG: a 3.4-point edge.
The projection is the average of every source that carries each player this week, and a player listed Out or Doubtful is never the start.
Kirk Cousins is projected to score more: 16.5 PPR points to 13.1 for Joe Milton.
The sources range from 14.9 to 17.2 for Cousins and from 10.1 to 15.0 for Milton. The ranges overlap, so Milton outscoring Cousins is a realistic result.
Kirk Cousins is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Cousins at 14.9 PPR points, against 10.1 for Joe Milton.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Kirk Cousins has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Cousins at 17.2 PPR points, against 15.0 for Joe Milton.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Kirk Cousins plays SF and Joe Milton plays NYG in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Cousins faces the 11th-toughest defense against QBs and Milton faces the 7th-softest defense against QBs, so Joe Milton 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 Kirk Cousins nor Joe Milton has an injury designation for Week 9.
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). Kirk Cousins is projected by 6 of them and Joe Milton by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.