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Kirk Cousins Click to track this player  
Quarterback, Minnesota Vikings

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Draft: 2012 Round 4 (7)
College: Michigan State
Ht: 6’3”  Wt: 214 DOB: 1988-08-19 Age: 31
QB Rank Tier ADP-12
#17 2 11.12

Season Stats
FF Today Standard Scoring: Review Scoring
  PassingRushing Fantasy
Season Team G Cmp Att Cmp% Yard TD INTAtt Yard Avg TD FPts FPts/G
2012 WAS 3 33 48 68.8 466 4 3 3 22 7.3 0 41.5 13.8
2013 WAS 5 81 155 52.3 854 4 7 4 14 3.5 0 60.1 12.0
2014 WAS 6 126 204 61.8 1,710 10 9 7 20 2.9 0 127.5 21.3
2015 WAS 16 379 543 69.8 4,166 29 11 26 48 1.8 5 359.1 22.4
2016 WAS 16 406 606 67.0 4,917 25 12 34 100 2.9 4 379.9 23.7
2017 WAS 16 347 540 64.3 4,093 27 13 49 179 3.7 4 354.6 22.2
2018 MIN 16 425 606 70.1 4,298 30 10 44 123 2.8 1 353.2 22.1
2019 MIN 15 307 444 69.1 3,603 26 6 31 63 2.0 1 296.5 19.8
2019 (Projected) MIN   373 557 67.0 4,065 27 12 26 145 5.6 2 337.8  

2019 Outlook
Depth Chart
Kirk Cousins in THE example I think of when I consider the sheer depth of the quarterback position in fantasy. In his last few seasons he was a stat compiler on some poor teams, and he was largely the same during his first year in Minnesota. Despite back-to-back top-10 finishes at the position, Cousins hasn't proven to be a difference maker that can get his offenses over the top. The Vikings signed him to an unprecedented fully guaranteed deal, and on paper it looks they got their money's worth, but the offense lacked a true identity, and faltered greatly down the stretch, wasting a strong defensive performance.

The offensive dysfunction started with coordinator John DeFillipo, who irked his boss Mike Zimmer by failing to establish a consistent run game. Things came to a head following an embarrassing 21-7 road loss to the Seahawks where DeFillipo was fired and Kevin Stefanski, a long-time Vikings position coach and assistant, took over. Following the marching orders to get the run game going, Stefanski had Cousins dial up fewer passes during the final three games than he did during any 3-game stretch of the 2018 season. Despite finishing 2-1 in those games, the Vikings missed the playoffs.

As Stefanski was retained as full-time coordinator for 2019, it's important to consider what this means for Cousins' fantasy value. Cousins has used high volume to rack up big yardage and touchdown totals the last several years, finishing 4th, 4th, and 5th in total pass attempts. The Minnesota backfield would have to be ravaged by injury for this to happen again, and in that scenario I can see Zimmer spontaneously combusting on the field. The Vikings are going back to old school Black and Blue division football in 2019, and Cousins is going to have to be ultra-efficient to approach top-5 numbers again. With great talent around him he's still a QB1 for owners looking to fade the position, but I don't think he offers near the same value he has in the past.
Fan. Tm. Player
QB1QB1 Kirk Cousins
QB2QB2 Sean Mannion
Vikings Depth Chart
News From The Past 90 Days
Injury Vikings expected to rest starters in Week 17
Cousins, Cook not expected to play
By: Mike Krueger | Fri Dec 27, 10:00 am

Minnesota Vikings
While I’m told the Vikings haven’t finalized their plan for Sunday, they’re leaning heavily towards resting a bulk of their starters, including Kirk Cousins, per league source. Team viewing Chicago week as a bye in terms of getting guys rest/healthy for Jan. (Courtney Cronin on Twitter)

FFToday's Take: With Vikings locked into the 6th seed, there's no reason for Cousins and players nursing injuries to play. Expect Dalvin Cook and Alexander Mattison to be inactive as well. Sean Mannion will likely be the starter at quarterback with Mike Boone and Ameer Abdullah handling the bulk of running back duties.

Injury Adam Thielen listed as Doubtful
Unlikely to play in Week 14
By: Mike Krueger | Fri Dec 6, 4:00 pm

Minnesota Vikings
Adam Thielen is DOUBTFUL and Riley Reiff is QUESTIONABLE to play for #Vikings, team announces. (Andrew Krammer on Twitter)

FFToday's Take: Thielin will likely be inactive on Sunday leaving Stefon Diggs the main option at wide receiver for Kirk Cousins. Diggs has disappointed in this role last week (4-25) but gets a decent matchup against the Lions who have given up the 10th most fantasy points to WRs.

2019 Gamelog Stats
FF Today Standard Scoring: Review Scoring
  PassingRushing Fantasy
Week Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yard TD INTAtt Yard Avg TD FPts
1 ATL W 28-12 8 10 80.0 98 1 0 6 4 0.7 1 15.3
2 at GB L 16-21 14 32 43.8 230 1 2 2 17 8.5 0 17.2
3 OAK W 34-14 15 21 71.4 174 1 0 4 16 4.0 0 14.3
4 at CHI L 6-16 27 36 75.0 233 0 0 0 0 - 0 11.7
5 at NYG W 28-10 22 27 81.5 306 2 0 3 3 1.0 0 23.6
6 PHI W 38-20 22 29 75.9 333 4 1 2 0 0.0 0 32.7
7 at DET W 42-30 24 34 70.6 338 4 0 4 -3 -0.8 0 32.6
8 WAS W 19-9 23 26 88.5 285 0 0 2 2 1.0 0 14.5
9 at KC L 23-26 19 38 50.0 220 3 0 1 5 5.0 0 23.5
10 at DAL W 28-24 23 32 71.9 220 2 0 1 5 5.0 0 19.5
11 DEN W 27-23 29 35 82.9 319 3 0 2 1 0.5 0 28.1
13 at SEA L 30-37 22 38 57.9 276 2 1 0 0 - 0 21.8
14 DET W 20-7 24 30 80.0 242 1 0 1 -1 -1.0 0 16.0
15 at LAC W 39-10 19 25 76.0 207 1 1 3 14 4.7 0 15.8
16 GB L 10-23 16 31 51.6 122 1 1 0 0 - 0 10.1
WC at NO W 26-20 19 31 61.3 242 1 0 2 -1 -0.5 0 16.0
DP at SF L 10-27 21 29 72.4 172 1 1 0 0 - 0 12.6
WC = Wild-Card DP = Divisional Playoff

2018 Gamelog Stats
FF Today Standard Scoring: Review Scoring
  PassingRushing Fantasy
Week Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yard TD INTAtt Yard Avg TD FPts
1 SF W 24-16 20 36 55.6 244 2 0 4 26 6.5 0 22.8
2 at GB T 29-29 35 48 72.9 425 4 1 2 5 2.5 0 37.8
3 BUF L 6-27 40 55 72.7 296 1 1 2 2 1.0 0 19.0
4 at LAR L 31-38 36 50 72.0 422 3 0 4 28 7.0 0 35.9
5 at PHI W 23-21 30 37 81.1 301 1 0 5 1 0.2 0 19.2
6 ARI W 27-17 24 34 70.6 233 1 1 4 14 3.5 1 23.1
7 at NYJ W 37-17 25 40 62.5 241 2 0 2 -1 -0.5 0 20.0
8 NO L 20-30 31 41 75.6 359 2 1 2 3 1.5 0 26.3
9 DET W 24-9 18 22 81.8 164 1 1 2 3 1.5 0 12.5
11 at CHI L 20-25 30 46 65.2 262 2 2 1 5 5.0 0 21.6
12 GB W 24-17 29 38 76.3 342 3 0 6 17 2.8 0 30.8
13 at NE L 10-24 32 44 72.7 201 1 2 0 0 - 0 14.1
14 at SEA L 7-21 20 33 60.6 208 1 0 3 5 1.7 0 14.9
15 MIA W 41-17 14 21 66.7 215 2 1 5 7 1.4 0 19.5
16 at DET W 27-9 21 28 75.0 253 3 0 1 1 1.0 0 24.8
17 CHI L 10-24 20 33 60.6 132 1 0 1 7 7.0 0 11.3

2017 Gamelog Stats
FF Today Standard Scoring: Review Scoring
  PassingRushing Fantasy
Week Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yard TD INTAtt Yard Avg TD FPts
1 PHI L 17-30 23 40 57.5 240 1 1 4 30 7.5 0 19.0
2 at LAR W 27-20 18 27 66.7 179 1 0 3 7 2.3 0 13.7
3 OAK W 27-10 25 30 83.3 365 3 0 1 2 2.0 0 30.5
4 at KC L 20-29 14 24 58.3 220 2 0 7 38 5.4 0 22.8
6 SF W 26-24 25 37 67.6 330 2 1 4 26 6.5 1 33.1
7 at PHI L 24-34 30 40 75.0 303 3 1 3 18 6.0 0 29.0
8 DAL L 19-33 26 39 66.7 263 1 1 1 0 0.0 0 17.2
9 at SEA W 17-14 21 31 67.7 247 0 0 3 4 1.3 0 12.8
10 MIN L 30-38 26 45 57.8 327 1 1 4 5 1.3 2 32.9
11 at NO L 31-34 22 32 68.8 322 3 0 3 11 3.7 0 29.2
12 NYG W 20-10 19 31 61.3 242 2 1 3 4 1.3 0 20.5
13 at DAL L 14-38 26 37 70.3 251 2 2 3 6 2.0 0 21.2
14 at LAC L 13-30 15 27 55.6 151 1 1 2 8 4.0 0 12.4
15 ARI W 20-15 18 26 69.2 196 2 0 2 0 0.0 0 17.8
16 DEN W 27-11 19 37 51.4 299 3 1 5 8 1.6 0 27.8
17 at NYG L 10-18 20 37 54.1 158 0 3 1 12 12.0 1 15.1

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