Kirk Cousins Fantasy Football Profile, News and Stats

Kirk Cousins
QB
, Minnesota Vikings

Age: 32
Weight: 214 lbs
Height: 6' 3"

ADP: 145
Depth Chart Ranking: 1

Pts	PaYds	PaTD	Int	RuYds
244	3602	26	6	63

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Draft note

by John Paulsen

In 2019, Cousins finished No. 16 at his position, outscoring 10 quarterbacks who had more pass attempts than he did. In fact, he had the second-fewest pass attempts of all the quarterbacks who finished in the top 19. Not coincidentally, he scored the sixth-most fantasy points per pass attempt. The Vikings attempted the third-fewest pass attempts last season and figure to be at least a little more pass-happy this year since the defense is expected to take a step back. OC Kevin Stefanski left to coach the Browns and Gary Kubiak will take over the play-calling. In his last two seasons in Denver, Kubiak’s offenses were 13th and 17th in pass attempts. HC Mike Zimmer will try to keep the team run-heavy, but if the defense struggles, Cousins could see his pass attempts spike in 2020.

Latest news

Kirk Cousins signs two-year extension with Vikings

Mike McCartney

Mar 16 · 10:25 AM EDT

Congrats to @KirkCousins8 on agreeing to a 2 year extension with the @Vikings

Fantasy Impact:

This deal has Kirk Cousins under center for Minnesota through the 2022 season and he certainly has plenty of fantasy weapons at his disposal. John Paulsen currently has Cousins as QB18 in his early rankings.

Scouting report

by Richard Mejia

· Jul 29 · 9:43 AM EDT

MIN QB Kirk Cousins - 2020 Fantasy Football Outlook

Fantasy Upside

The 2019 season was arguably Kirk Cousins’ best in the NFL from an efficiency standpoint. While only called upon to throw the ball 444 times, Cousins ended the season with 26 touchdowns to only 6 interceptions and 3,603 passing yards in 15 games, good enough to finish as the QB16. In what was one of the league’s heaviest running schemes under then-offensive coordinator Kevin Stefanski, Cousins will head into 2020 with new offensive coordinator Gary Kubiak, who’s Denver offenses the past 2 seasons finished 13th and 17th. Even with the departure of WR Stefon Diggs, Cousins still has his primary target in WR Adam Theilen, who missed 5 games last season and 2020 first-round pick WR Justin Jefferson. Above all however, the looming potential of a Dalvin Cook holdout can quickly change the identity of this team and create a serious uptick in Cousins pass attempts.

Fantasy Downside

As efficient as Cousins was from a football standpoint, his usage in 2019 was only worthwhile as a QB streamer as he only had 4 games with at least 20 fantasy points. His usage stems from the Vikings having the fourth-most running attempts (476) combined with one of the league’s best defenses. RB Dalvin Cook will look to be one of the league’s highest paid backs, and the franchise would be wise to oblige, thus spelling another season for minimal passing attempts for Cousins. Even if Cousins does manage to find himself in more shootouts this season, the departure of Diggs will cap his upside as the Minnesota receiving group is mostly barren outside of Thielen and the rookie Jefferson.

2020 Bottom Line

Kirk Cousins has shown the ability to produce fantasy points, however his current situation will make it hard for him to be a reliable contributor to any fantasy team. His 444 passing attempts were less than team’s 476 rushing attempts and there is little to implicate that changes—especially with the team being comfortable enough to move on from one of the most talented WRs in the in NFL in Stefon Diggs. We have Cousins ranked 18th amongst quarterbacks and his current ADP has him going in the 12th round in 12-team leagues. With the cluster of QBs going around Cousins ADP, you will not be hard pressed to find one with more weekly upside.

2020 Strength of Schedule - MIN

W1	W2	W3	W4	W5	W6	W7	W8	W9	W10	W11	W12	W13	W14	W15	W16	W17
12 GB	14 @IND	19 TEN	24 @HOU	17 @SEA	25 ATL	BYE	12 @GB	30 DET	5 @CHI	20 DAL	9 CAR	22 JAX	16 @TB	5 CHI	18 @NO	30 @DET

Schedule difficulty based on schedule-adjusted, positional defensive ranking. Top DEF = 1, bottom DEF = 32.

2019 Game Stats

Wk	Opp	Comp	Att	PaYds	PaTD	Int	YPA	YPR	RuAtt	Yds	TD	Fum	YPC	Pts	Snaps	%
1	ATL	8	10	98	1	0	9.80	12.25	6	4	1	0	0.67	14.3	53/53	100.0%
2	@GB	14	32	230	1	2	7.19	16.43	2	17	0	1	8.50	8.9	65/65	100.0%
3	LV	15	21	174	1	0	8.29	11.60	4	16	0	0	4.00	12.6	61/63	96.8%
4	@CHI	27	36	233	0	0	6.47	8.63	0	0	0	1	0.00	7.3	62/62	100.0%
5	@NYG	22	27	306	2	0	11.33	13.91	3	3	0	0	1.00	20.5	71/71	100.0%
6	PHI	22	29	333	4	1	11.48	15.14	2	0	0	0	0.00	27.3	71/71	100.0%
7	@DET	24	34	337	4	0	9.91	14.04	4	-3	0	0	-0.75	29.2	73/73	100.0%
8	WAS	23	26	285	0	0	10.96	12.39	2	2	0	0	1.00	11.6	72/72	100.0%
9	@KC	19	38	220	3	0	5.79	11.58	1	5	0	0	5.00	21.3	71/71	100.0%
10	@DAL	23	32	220	2	0	6.88	9.57	1	5	0	0	5.00	19.3	76/76	100.0%
11	DEN	29	35	319	3	0	9.11	11.00	2	1	0	1	0.50	22.9	63/63	100.0%
12	BYE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
13	@SEA	22	38	276	2	1	7.26	12.55	0	0	0	0	0.00	17.0	55/55	100.0%
14	DET	24	30	242	1	0	8.07	10.08	1	-1	0	0	-1.00	13.6	73/73	100.0%
15	@LAC	19	25	207	1	1	8.28	10.89	3	14	0	0	4.67	11.7	62/65	95.4%
16	GB	16	31	122	1	1	3.94	7.62	0	0	0	0	0.00	6.9	54/54	100.0%
17	CHI	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0/49	0.0%
Per game		20.47	29.60	240.13	1.73	0.40	8.11	11.73	2.07	4.20	0.07	0.20	2.03	16.29	65.47/65.80	99.48%
Totals		307	444	3602	26	6	8.11	11.73	31	63	1	3	2.03	244.38	982/1036	99.48%