Kirk Cousins Fantasy Football Profile, News and Stats

Kirk Cousins
QB
, Minnesota Vikings

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

ADP: 160
Depth Chart Ranking: 1

Pts	PaYds	PaTD	Int	RuYds
92.5	1475	11	10	55

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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

Vikings Beat: WR Justin Jefferson trusted by QB Kirk Cousins

Star Tribune

Oct 05 · 11:01 AM EDT

Kirk Cousins has now targeted Adam Thielen or Justin Jefferson with 51 of his 100 passes this season, and even as Stefon Diggs thrives with a 4-0 Bills team, Jefferson is quickly showing he can join Thielen as the kind of downfield option Cousins enjoyed with Diggs. Jefferson is tied for the league lead with eight catches of 20 yards or more.

Fantasy Impact:

The story is about how Cousins is starting to trust Jefferson. This was a situation every QB and rookie WR were faced with after COVID-19 changed training camps and eliminated preseason games. It seemed like it was only a matter of time before Cousins and Jefferson would get on the same page, and after back-to-back 100-yard games for Jefferson, the duo seems to be on their way.

Scouting report

by Richard Mejia

· Oct 16 · 4:54 PM EDT

MIN QB Kirk Cousins - Week 6 Fantasy Football Outlook

Week 6 vs Atlanta
Cousins saw season highs in passing attempts and completions last week against Seattle as he completed 27-of-39 of his passes and threw for 249 yards along with two scores and an interception. In a game that saw workhorse RB Dalvin Cook miss the second half with a groin injury, Cousins saw an uptick with both of his touchdowns coming in the fourth quarter.

Cousins has a prime matchup in Week 6 against an Atlanta defense that has given up the most fantasy points to opposing QBs. That along with Cook set to miss the game tees up Cousins to have his best game this season and arguably a low-end QB1.

2020 Strength of Schedule - MIN

W1	W2	W3	W4	W5	W6	W7	W8	W9	W10	W11	W12	W13	W14	W15	W16	W17
11 GB	6 @IND	27 TEN	13 @HOU	31 @SEA	32 ATL	BYE	11 @GB	10 DET	4 @CHI	23 DAL	1 CAR	20 JAX	3 @TB	4 CHI	30 @NO	10 @DET

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

2020 Game Stats


Wk	Opp	Comp	Att	PaYds	PaTD	Int	YPA	YPR	RuAtt	Yds	Fum	YPC	Pts	Snaps	%
1	GB	19	25	259	2	1	10.36	13.63	4	34	0	8.50	21.8	52/52	100.0%
2	@IND	11	26	113	0	3	4.35	10.27	0	0	0	0.00	-1.5	54/54	100.0%
3	TEN	16	27	251	3	2	9.30	15.69	2	14	0	7.00	19.4	65/65	100.0%
4	@HOU	16	22	260	1	0	11.82	16.25	4	5	0	1.25	14.9	66/66	100.0%
5	@SEA	27	39	249	2	1	6.38	9.22	1	2	1	2.00	14.2	87/87	100.0%
6	ATL	24	36	343	3	3	9.53	14.29	0	0	0	0.00	23.7	56/56	100.0%
Per game		18.83	29.17	245.83	1.83	1.67	8.43	13.05	1.83	9.17	0.17	5.00	15.42	63.33/63.33	100.00%
Totals		113	175	1475	11	10	8.43	13.05	11	55	1	5.00	92.5	380/380	100.00%