QB LV Week 3 · PPR

Start or sit Kirk Cousins?

The verdict comes from our weekly projection model: last season's opportunity-based xFP/g shrunk toward the position mean, then adjusted for role, injury status, the opponent's fantasy points allowed and the Vegas game total vs the league average.

Sit

QB36 — below the ~18 started in 12-team superflex.

Sit call: Kirk Cousins projects for 4.7 PPR points this week, ranked #36 among QBs by our projection model. @NO is a tough matchup for QBs — the model applies a -9% swing to his projection. Vegas posts the total at 42.5 — 93% of the 45.6 league average for week 3.

Season projection table

PPR · weeks 1–18

Kirk Cousins projected PPR points by week, weeks 1 through 18
Wk Proj (PPR)
1 5.5
2 4.5
3 this week 4.7
4 5.0
5 5.0
6 4.8
7 5.4
8 6.2
9 5.6
10 5.0
11 5.0
12 4.8
13
14 4.6
15 5.0
16 6.0
17 5.5
18 5.2

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