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2026 season · QB · #8 · 15th season

8Kirk Cousins

Age 38 · 6'3" · 209 lb · Michigan State · Pick 102 overall (2012). Listed QB1 on the 3WR 1TE depth chart. Snap share 98% across 8 games.

No injury listingQB1Raiders players
LVRaiders offense98% of snaps
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Attempts
283
35.4 per game
6th of 38
Completion
64%
+0.9 over expected
21st of 38
Pass yards
2124
7.5 per attempt
3rd of 38
TD / INT
19 / 5
106 first downs
2nd of 38
EPA / dropback
+0.19
+54.9 total
10th of 38
Sacks
11
4% of dropbacks
5th of 38
Rush
7 yds
20 carries · 1 TD
38th of 38
ANY/A
7.53
net yds per dropback
8th of 38
The short version
  • How goodCousins's +47.5 EPA is 8th of 38 quarterbacks.
  • Where it comes fromThe biggest share comes after the catch (+110.1, 38th percentile per dropback).
  • Fantasy20.0 standard points a game, QB8 of 34.20.0 half-PPR points a game, QB8 of 34.20.0 PPR points a game, QB8 of 34.
  • How he's usedHe attacks the middle of the field: 29% of his attempts go between the numbers (league 20%).
  • LatelyDropbacks are steady: 38 a game over his last three against 36.8 for the season.
  • This weekA middle-of-the-pack matchup: the 49ers rank 18th vs the pass, allowing +0.04 EPA per dropback.

How good is hehis line against the league at his position

Scorecard · among 38 quarterbacks with 50 attempts+League percentiles
StatValueRankLeaguePctl
EPA per dropback+0.1910th of 38
75th
CPOEcompletion over expected+0.916th of 38
59th
Sack rateper dropback, lower is better4%5th of 38
88th
Yards per attempt7.513th of 38
67th
TD rateper attempt7%5th of 38
88th
INT rateper attempt, lower is better2%14th of 38
64th
StatValueRankLeaguePctl
Depth of targetair yards per attempt8.013th of 38
67th
Rush EPA per game-0.9233rd of 38
14th
Success rate48%13th of 38
67th
ANY/A7.538th of 38
80th
Total EPA+47.58th of 38
80th
How this is measured

Each bar is the league at his position; the marker is him. Right is better, the dashed line is the median. Ranks are out of the qualifying pool, ties shown as T-, and move every week as the pool changes.

Fantasy · points, rank, range and the next matchup

Cousins scores 20.0 standard points a game, QB8 of 34 QBs with enough games. Most weeks land between 15.7 and 22.4; 1 boom week (25+) and 0 busts (under 12). Next up, in Week 9, the 49ers allow the 11th-fewest standard points to QBs, 15.3 a game.

Points a game20.0QB8 of 34
Season159.7QB4 · 8 games
Most weeks15.7–22.4his middle 60% of games
Booms · busts1 · 025+ · under 12

Cousins scores 20.0 half-PPR points a game, QB8 of 34 QBs with enough games. Most weeks land between 15.7 and 22.4; 1 boom week (25+) and 0 busts (under 12). Next up, in Week 9, the 49ers allow the 11th-fewest half-PPR points to QBs, 15.3 a game.

Points a game20.0QB8 of 34
Season159.7QB4 · 8 games
Most weeks15.7–22.4his middle 60% of games
Booms · busts1 · 025+ · under 12

Cousins scores 20.0 PPR points a game, QB8 of 34 QBs with enough games. Most weeks land between 15.7 and 22.4; 1 boom week (25+) and 0 busts (under 12). Next up, in Week 9, the 49ers allow the 11th-fewest PPR points to QBs, 15.3 a game.

Points a game20.0QB8 of 34
Season159.7QB4 · 8 games
Most weeks15.7–22.4his middle 60% of games
Booms · busts1 · 025+ · under 12
How this is measured

Fantasy points are nflverse's standard and full-PPR scoring (6 points for a rushing or receiving touchdown, 4 for a passing touchdown, minus 2 for an interception or a lost fumble); half PPR is the average of the two. Ranks are points a game among players at his position with at least half the most games played. Most weeks is his 20th to 80th percentile game. Bars are green on a boom week and red on a bust; the dashed line is the starter line, the points a game of the QB12 in a 12-team league. The format you pick is remembered on this device.

How he's usedhis fingerprint, where the ball finds him and when

Playstylehow he is used, against the league at his positionamong 38 quarterbacks

He attacks the middle of the field: 29% of his attempts go between the numbers (league 20%). He stays in the pocket: 2% of his dropbacks end in a scramble (league 4%). He works under center more than most: 72% of his dropbacks come from the gun (league 79%).

Attacks the middleMiddle of the field 29% · 91st pctlPocket passerScrambles 2% · 9th pctlUnder centerShotgun 72% · 20th pctl
TraitLeague · line is the medianHimPctl
Deep shareattempts 20+ yards downfield
10%
37th
Middle of the fieldattempts between the numbers
29%
91st
Play actionshare of attempts
21%
57th
RPOshare of dropbacks
1%
30th
TraitLeague · line is the medianHimPctl
Scramblesshare of dropbacks
2%
9th
Shotgunshare of dropbacks
72%
20th
Against the blitzEPA per dropback, blitzed minus not
-0.15
34th
Motiondropbacks with pre-snap motion
58%
67th
How this is measured

Every trait is a share of his own dropbacks, so volume does not move it. The marker is him among the league's qualifying quarterbacks; the dashed line is the median. Styles are not grades: a high or low percentile is a description, not a verdict. Play action, screen, RPO, motion and blitz flags come from FTN charting and read low in a week it has not published.

Week by weekthe shape of his season, the game log and the defenses behind it

Next upWeek 9 · at 49ersSun Nov 8 · 4:05 PM EST
The game
SFat 49ers
Sun Nov 8 · 4:05 PM EST
Levi's Stadium
SF −10 · O/U 51.5
The defense vs the pass
18th vs the pass
allow +0.04 EPA per dropback, league +0.03
a middle-of-the-pack matchup
His history
vs middle defenses: 2 games, 40.0 attempts a game, 304 yards a game
First meeting this season
His status
No listing
Snap share, last 3: 100%

A middle-of-the-pack matchup: the 49ers rank 18th vs the pass, allowing +0.04 EPA per dropback. He has averaged 304 yards a game against middle defenses this season.

Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year

Career · regular season15 seasons
182Games
6,182Attempts
46,824Yards
317TD
136INT
2012 to 2026 · 15 seasons · 4 teams

His best year was 2016, 4,917 passing yards in 16 games with WAS. This season's 265.5 a game puts him on pace for 4,514 over 17, close to it.

02,7005,30012·WAS13·WAS14·WAS15·WAS★16·WAS17·WAS18·MIN19·MIN20·MIN21·MIN22·MIN23·MIN24·ATL25·ATL26
SeasonTeamGCmp/AttPctYdsTDINTY/ARatingEPA/db
2012WAS333/4869%466439.7101.6+0.24
2013WAS581/15552%854475.558.4-0.20
2014WAS6126/20462%1,7101098.486.4+0.07
2015WAS16379/54370%4,16629117.7101.6+0.17
2016WAS16406/60667%4,91725128.197.2+0.18
2017WAS16347/54064%4,09327137.693.9+0.03
2018MIN16425/60670%4,29830107.199.7-0.02
2019MIN15307/44469%3,6032668.1107.4+0.18
2020MIN16349/51668%4,26535138.3105.0+0.17
2021MIN16372/56166%4,2213377.5103.1+0.12
2022MIN17424/64366%4,54729147.192.5+0.03
2023MIN8216/31169%2,3311857.5103.8+0.11
2024ATL14303/45367%3,50818167.788.6+0.04
2025ATL10166/26962%1,7211056.484.80.00
2026LV8180/28364%2,1241957.5101.4+0.19
Career4 tm1824,114/6,18267%46,8243171367.697.0+0.09
Career highsYards 4,917 · 2016TD 35 · 2020Rating 107.4 · 2019
How this is measured

Regular season only, from nflverse weekly stats back to 1999. This season is partial and drawn hollow; the pace is his per-game rate over 17 games. Bold cells are career highs.

Intel & playsthe report, his best snaps, his teammates

IntelWeek 8
Depth chart
QB1 · 3WR 1TE
Injury report
clean
Red zone touches
…
Third down
…
Explosive plays
…
CPOE
+0.9 pts over expected
Sack rate
4%
Play action
…
Blitzed
…
Best plays · by EPA
    Teammates · share of the ball
    PlayerTouchesYdsEPA
    2Ashton JeantyRB156713 · 4 TD-26.8
    4Mike Washington Jr.RB71289 · 1 TD-10.2
    89Brock BowersTE61547 · 5 TD+33.1
    1Tre TuckerWR50468 · 4 TD+19.2
    87Michael MayerTE43351 · 1 TD+11.1
    9Jalen NailorWR24113 · 1 TD-1.3
    82Cody WhiteWR19112 · 3 TD+3.1
    19Malik BensonWR104-8.7