Kirk Cousins - Minnesota Vikings - QB - Stats, News, Career Info

Kirk

Cousins

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Team Minnesota Vikings

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Kirk Cousins's Fantasy Scouting Report
2018 FANTASY RECAP AND 2019 FANTASY PROJECTION Kirk Cousins had a good, but not elite, year in fantasy. He was the number #12 ranked QB. Even though he missed a few games, he played enough to make his overall fantasy rank better than what it is based on average fantasy points where he is the #18 QB. His production dropped throughout the season. In his first 5 games he averaged 25.5 FPs and that declined to 19.3 in his final 6 games. His standard deviation divided by his average is 0.43 which is close to the league ratio. He averaged 21 FPs, but on any given day his projected ceiling is as high as 40 fantasy points with a floor of 9 points. Kirk Cousins (2019 Season Projection: 4295 Yards, 25 TDs, 14 INTs, 143 Rushyd) is projected to take a slight step downward in the upcoming fantasy season. His rank based on total projected fantasy points has him as the #18 player at his position. SportsLine has the best NFL picks and Daily Fantasy Lineups. In the off-season check out our coverage of all major leagues (MLB, NBA, NHL, Horses, NASCAR, and Golf). CURRENT CAREER TREND AND STATISTICS His per game fantasy average is down 7 percent from two seasons ago. PAST FANTASY PERFORMANCE (2017 TO 2018) He was the #12 ranked fantasy QB based on total fantasy points. He averaged 21 FP per game (#18 ranked based on average). He is trending down based on lower per game fantasy ranking from 2017 to 2018. He is relatively weaker than stronger in more categories. The strengths are bolded below. DAILY FANTASY SEASON RECAP He averaged 18.4 FD points and 19.5 DK points per game. We used his second highest game as his ceiling and second lowest as his floor. On DraftKings his floor was 7.9 and on FanDuel it was 7.9 fantasy points. When he was good, he was very good with a DraftKings ceiling of 32.7 and 29.7 on FanDuel. He has had more bad FanDuel games (below average by 20%) than good games (20% above average), and an equal number of good and bad games on DraftKings. We are only including games where they were in the daily fantasy slate and played.

Kirk Cousins's Fantasy Scouting Report

2018 FANTASY RECAP AND 2019 FANTASY PROJECTION

Kirk Cousins had a good, but not elite, year in fantasy. He was the number #12 ranked QB. Even though he missed a few games, he played enough to make his overall fantasy rank better than what it is based on average fantasy points where he is the #18 QB. His production dropped throughout the season. In his first 5 games he averaged 25.5 FPs and that declined to 19.3 in his final 6 games. His standard deviation divided by his average is 0.43 which is close to the league ratio. He averaged 21 FPs, but on any given day his projected ceiling is as high as 40 fantasy points with a floor of 9 points. Kirk Cousins (2019 Season Projection: 4295 Yards, 25 TDs, 14 INTs, 143 Rushyd) is projected to take a slight step downward in the upcoming fantasy season. His rank based on total projected fantasy points has him as the #18 player at his position.

SportsLine has the best NFL picks and Daily Fantasy Lineups. In the off-season check out our coverage of all major leagues (MLB, NBA, NHL, Horses, NASCAR, and Golf).

CURRENT CAREER TREND AND STATISTICS

His per game fantasy average is down 7 percent from two seasons ago.

PAST FANTASY PERFORMANCE (2017 TO 2018)

He was the #12 ranked fantasy QB based on total fantasy points. He averaged 21 FP per game (#18 ranked based on average). He is trending down based on lower per game fantasy ranking from 2017 to 2018. He is relatively weaker than stronger in more categories. The strengths are bolded below.

DAILY FANTASY SEASON RECAP

He averaged 18.4 FD points and 19.5 DK points per game. We used his second highest game as his ceiling and second lowest as his floor. On DraftKings his floor was 7.9 and on FanDuel it was 7.9 fantasy points. When he was good, he was very good with a DraftKings ceiling of 32.7 and 29.7 on FanDuel. He has had more bad FanDuel games (below average by 20%) than good games (20% above average), and an equal number of good and bad games on DraftKings. We are only including games where they were in the daily fantasy slate and played.

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Career Stats

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YEAR	TEAM	G	GS	ATT	COMP	PCT	YDS	YPA	LG	TD	INT	TKLD	20+	40+	RATE
2018	MIN	16	16	606	425	70.1	4298	7.09	75	30	10	262	47	7	99.7
2017	WAS	16	16	540	347	64.3	4093	7.58	74	27	13	342	59	9	93.9
2016	WAS	16	16	606	406	67.0	4917	8.11	80	25	12	190	69	13	97.2
2015	WAS	16	16	543	379	69.8	4166	7.67	78	29	11	186	50	8	101.6
2014	WAS	6	5	204	126	61.8	1710	8.38	81	10	9	70	27	8	86.4
2013	WAS	5	3	155	81	52.3	854	5.50	62	4	7	32	7	2	58.4
2012	WAS	3	1	48	33	68.8	466	9.70	77	4	3	27	6	2	101.6
Career (8 Seasons)		78	73	2702	1797	66.5	20504	7.59	81	129	65	1109	265	49	95.0

YEAR	TEAM	G	GS	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	1ST
2018	MIN	16	16	44	123	2.80	19	1	12
2017	WAS	16	16	49	179	3.65	18	4	17
2016	WAS	16	16	34	96	2.82	19	4	14
2015	WAS	16	16	26	48	1.85	13	5	8
2014	WAS	6	5	7	20	2.86	12	0	3
2013	WAS	5	3	4	14	3.50	6	0	2
2012	WAS	3	1	3	22	7.30	17	0	1
Career (8 Seasons)		78	73	167	502	3.01	19	14	57

2018 Situational Stats

Category	G	GS	ATT	COMP	PCT	YDS	YPA	LG	TD	INT	1ST	1ST%	20+	SAC	RATE	ATT	YDS	AVG	RUTD
DECEMBER GAMES	5	5	159	107	67.3	1009	6.35	48	8	3	47	43.9	11	12	93.5	10	20	2	0
NOVEMBER GAMES	3	3	106	77	72.6	768	7.25	33	6	3	43	55.8	9	5	99.9	9	25	2.8	0
OCTOBER GAMES	4	4	152	110	72.4	1134	7.46	68	6	2	54	49.1	13	10	101.2	13	17	1.3	1
SEPTEMBER GAMES	4	4	189	131	69.3	1387	7.34	75	10	2	74	56.5	14	13	103.6	12	61	5.1	0
Category	G	GS	ATT	COMP	PCT	YDS	YPA	LG	TD	INT	1ST	1ST%	20+	SAC	RATE	ATT	YDS	AVG	RUTD
MONDAY GAMES	1	1	33	20	60.6	208	6.3	48	1	0	9	45	2	2	89	3	5	1.7	0
OTHER DAYS (NON MON/SUN)	1	1	50	36	72	422	8.44	45	3	0	22	61.1	5	4	117.3	4	28	7	0
SUNDAY GAMES	14	14	523	369	70.6	3668	7.01	75	26	10	187	50.7	40	34	98.7	37	90	2.4	1
Category	G	GS	ATT	COMP	PCT	YDS	YPA	LG	TD	INT	1ST	1ST%	20+	SAC	RATE	ATT	YDS	AVG	RUTD
WINS	8	8	256	181	70.7	1993	7.79	68	15	3	99	54.7	25	16	108.1	29	68	2.3	1
LOSSES	7	7	302	209	69.2	1880	6.23	48	11	6	99	47.4	15	22	89.6	13	50	3.8	0
Category	G	GS	ATT	COMP	PCT	YDS	YPA	LG	TD	INT	1ST	1ST%	20+	SAC	RATE	ATT	YDS	AVG	RUTD
HOME GAMES	8	8	280	196	70	1985	7.09	40	13	5	107	54.6	19	24	98	26	79	3	1
ROAD GAMES	8	8	326	229	70.2	2313	7.1	75	17	5	111	48.5	28	16	101.2	18	44	2.4	0
Category	G	GS	ATT	COMP	PCT	YDS	YPA	LG	TD	INT	1ST	1ST%	20+	SAC	RATE	ATT	YDS	AVG	RUTD
CenturyLink Field	1	1	33	20	60.6	208	6.3	48	1	0	9	45	2	2	89	3	5	1.7	0
Ford Field	1	1	28	21	75	253	9.04	44	3	0	11	52.4	3	2	137.9	1	1	1	0
Gillette Stadium	1	1	44	32	72.7	201	4.57	24	1	2	11	34.4	2	2	70.4	0	0	---	0
Lambeau Field	1	1	48	35	72.9	425	8.85	75	4	1	20	57.1	7	2	118.8	2	5	2.5	0
Lincoln Financial Field	1	1	37	30	81.1	301	8.14	68	1	0	13	43.3	4	1	109.6	5	1	0.2	0
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	1	1	50	36	72	422	8.44	45	3	0	22	61.1	5	4	117.3	4	28	7	0
MetLife Stadium	1	1	40	25	62.5	241	6.03	34	2	0	10	40	4	1	95.9	2	-1	-0.5	0
Soldier Field	1	1	46	30	65.2	262	5.7	25	2	2	15	50	1	2	76.5	1	5	5	0
U.S. Bank Stadium	8	8	280	196	70	1985	7.09	40	13	5	107	54.6	19	24	98	26	79	3	1
Category	G	GS	ATT	COMP	PCT	YDS	YPA	LG	TD	INT	1ST	1ST%	20+	SAC	RATE	ATT	YDS	AVG	RUTD
vs Arizona Cardinals	1	1	34	24	70.6	233	6.85	17	1	1	12	50	0	4	87	4	14	3.5	1
vs Buffalo Bills	1	1	55	40	72.7	296	5.38	19	1	1	17	42.5	0	4	83.6	2	2	1	0
vs Chicago Bears	2	2	79	50	63.3	394	4.99	25	3	2	21	42	1	6	77.7	2	12	6	0
vs Detroit Lions	2	2	50	39	78	417	8.34	44	4	1	21	53.8	5	3	119.8	3	4	1.3	0
vs Green Bay Packers	2	2	86	64	74.4	767	8.92	75	7	1	38	59.4	13	4	123.5	8	22	2.8	0
vs Los Angeles Rams	1	1	50	36	72	422	8.44	45	3	0	22	61.1	5	4	117.3	4	28	7	0
vs Miami Dolphins	1	1	21	14	66.7	215	10.24	40	2	1	10	71.4	4	2	112.2	5	7	1.4	0
vs New England Patriots	1	1	44	32	72.7	201	4.57	24	1	2	11	34.4	2	2	70.4	0	0	---	0
vs New Orleans Saints	1	1	41	31	75.6	359	8.76	31	2	1	19	61.3	5	4	107.7	2	3	1.5	0
vs New York Jets	1	1	40	25	62.5	241	6.03	34	2	0	10	40	4	1	95.9	2	-1	-0.5	0
vs Philadelphia Eagles	1	1	37	30	81.1	301	8.14	68	1	0	13	43.3	4	1	109.6	5	1	0.2	0
vs Seattle Seahawks	1	1	33	20	60.6	208	6.3	48	1	0	9	45	2	2	89	3	5	1.7	0
vs San Francisco 49ers	1	1	36	20	55.6	244	6.78	34	2	0	15	75	2	3	95.1	4	26	6.5	0
Category	G	GS	ATT	COMP	PCT	YDS	YPA	LG	TD	INT	1ST	1ST%	20+	SAC	RATE	ATT	YDS	AVG	RUTD
BRISK (41-60 DEGREES)	3	3	117	77	65.8	650	5.56	48	4	2	30	39	8	5	84.3	5	4	0.8	0
COLD WEATHER <= 40	1	1	46	30	65.2	262	5.7	25	2	2	15	50	1	2	76.5	1	5	5	0
HOT WEATHER >= 80	1	1	48	35	72.9	425	8.85	75	4	1	20	57.1	7	2	118.8	2	5	2.5	0
WARM (61-79 DEGREES)	2	2	87	66	75.9	723	8.31	68	4	0	35	53	9	5	115.3	9	29	3.2	0
Category	G	GS	ATT	COMP	PCT	YDS	YPA	LG	TD	INT	1ST	1ST%	20+	SAC	RATE	ATT	YDS	AVG	RUTD
INDOOR GAMES	9	9	308	217	70.5	2238	7.27	44	16	5	118	54.4	22	26	101.6	27	80	3	1
OUTDOOR GAMES	7	7	298	208	69.8	2060	6.91	75	14	5	100	48.1	25	14	97.7	17	43	2.5	0
Category	G	GS	ATT	COMP	PCT	YDS	YPA	LG	TD	INT	1ST	1ST%	20+	SAC	RATE	ATT	YDS	AVG	RUTD
ON ARTIFICIAL SURFACES	12	12	425	294	69.2	2888	6.8	48	20	7	148	50.3	30	31	96.9	32	84	2.6	1
ON GRASS FIELDS	4	4	181	131	72.4	1410	7.79	75	10	3	70	53.4	17	9	106.4	12	39	3.3	0
Category	G	GS	ATT	COMP	PCT	YDS	YPA	LG	TD	INT	1ST	1ST%	20+	SAC	RATE	ATT	YDS	AVG	RUTD
MARGIN 0-7	5	5	219	160	73.1	1752	8	75	13	3	88	55	23	11	110.4	18	56	3.1	0
MARGIN 15+	5	5	166	118	71.1	1169	7.04	44	9	3	58	49.2	13	10	101.2	12	12	1	0
MARGIN 8-14	6	6	221	147	66.5	1377	6.23	48	8	4	72	49	11	19	88	14	55	3.9	1
Category	G	GS	ATT	COMP	PCT	YDS	YPA	LG	TD	INT	1ST	1ST%	20+	SAC	RATE	ATT	YDS	AVG	RUTD
FIRST HALF SEASON	8	8	341	241	70.7	2521	7.39	75	16	4	128	53.1	27	23	102.5	25	78	3.1	1
SECOND HALF SEASON	8	8	265	184	69.4	1777	6.71	48	14	6	90	48.9	20	17	96.1	19	45	2.4	0
Category	G	GS	ATT	COMP	PCT	YDS	YPA	LG	TD	INT	1ST	1ST%	20+	SAC	RATE	ATT	YDS	AVG	RUTD
OUTSIDE OWN DIVISION	10	10	391	272	69.6	2720	6.96	68	16	6	138	50.7	28	27	96.3	31	85	2.7	1
VS OWN DIVISION	6	6	215	153	71.2	1578	7.34	75	14	4	80	52.3	19	13	105.9	13	38	2.9	0
Category	G	GS	ATT	COMP	PCT	YDS	YPA	LG	TD	INT	1ST	1ST%	20+	SAC	RATE	ATT	YDS	AVG	RUTD
VS AFC TEAMS	4	4	160	111	69.4	953	5.96	40	6	4	48	43.2	10	9	86.8	9	8	0.9	0
VS NFC TEAMS	12	12	446	314	70.4	3345	7.5	75	24	6	170	54.1	37	31	104.3	35	115	3.3	1
Category	G	GS	ATT	COMP	PCT	YDS	YPA	LG	TD	INT	1ST	1ST%	20+	SAC	RATE	ATT	YDS	AVG	RUTD
LAST TWO MINUTES OF HALF	0	0	119	90	75.6	915	7.69	44	7	2	52	57.8	9	4	109.8	13	15	1.2	0
OPP 19-1 - BY YARD LINE	0	0	68	45	66.2	279	4.1	17	20	0	25	55.6	0	7	113.9	5	27	5.4	1
FOURTH QUARTER WITHIN 7	0	0	21	15	71.4	161	7.67	48	0	1	8	53.3	1	4	73.7	6	-2	-0.3	0
FOURTH DOWN	0	0	15	7	46.7	57	3.8	34	3	0	5	71.4	1	0	96.4	2	4	2	0
BEHIND BY 9-TO-16 POINTS	0	0	124	83	66.9	833	6.72	48	7	3	40	48.2	10	11	94.6	7	20	2.9	0
FIRST DOWN	0	0	245	182	74.3	1848	7.54	68	10	5	80	44	23	10	100.5	13	31	2.4	0
OPP 49-20 - BY YARD LINE	0	0	183	126	68.9	1313	7.17	45	9	4	63	50	18	7	96.6	15	36	2.4	0
OVERTIME	0	0	9	7	77.8	85	9.44	25	0	0	5	71.4	2	0	106	0	0	---	0
TIED	0	0	115	85	73.9	865	7.52	34	3	0	46	54.1	10	3	103.7	8	20	2.5	0
TIES	1	1	48	35	72.9	425	8.85	75	4	1	20	57.1	7	2	118.8	2	5	2.5	0
THIRD DOWN	0	0	151	92	60.9	1000	6.62	44	8	2	61	66.3	12	22	92.6	11	45	4.1	0
SECOND DOWN	0	0	195	144	73.8	1393	7.14	75	9	3	72	50	11	8	102.4	18	43	2.4	1
OWN 1-20 - BY YARD LINE	0	0	60	44	73.3	446	7.43	68	0	1	20	45.5	4	6	87.2	5	17	3.4	0
OWN 21-50 - BY YARD LINE	0	0	295	210	71.2	2260	7.66	75	1	5	110	52.4	25	20	87.4	19	43	2.3	0
BEHIND BY 1-TO-8 POINTS	0	0	131	93	71	987	7.53	75	8	3	47	50.5	12	10	103.5	5	34	6.8	0
BEHIND	0	0	324	227	70.1	2252	6.95	75	18	7	112	49.3	24	24	98.9	15	56	3.7	0
3RD QUARTER	0	0	132	90	68.2	900	6.82	68	5	2	40	44.4	10	9	93.6	10	28	2.8	1
4TH QUARTER	0	0	168	113	67.3	1223	7.28	75	11	4	64	56.6	11	12	100.4	21	54	2.6	0
2ND QUARTER	0	0	184	129	70.1	1285	6.98	44	8	4	66	51.2	16	9	95	6	19	3.2	0
2ND HALF	0	0	300	203	67.7	2123	7.08	75	16	6	104	51.2	21	21	97.4	31	82	2.6	1
1ST HALF	0	0	297	215	72.4	2090	7.04	44	14	4	109	50.7	24	19	101.8	13	41	3.2	0
1ST QUARTER	0	0	113	86	76.1	805	7.12	34	6	0	43	50	8	10	112.9	7	22	3.1	0
AHEAD	0	0	167	113	67.7	1181	7.07	68	9	3	60	53.1	13	13	98.4	21	47	2.2	1
AHEAD BY 1-TO-8 POINTS	0	0	109	79	72.5	722	6.62	33	6	2	42	53.2	5	11	100.8	9	19	2.1	0
ATTEMPTS 21-THROUGH-30	0	0	141	92	65.2	986	6.99	68	5	2	50	54.3	10	0	91.5	0	0	---	0
ATTEMPTS 31+	0	0	145	98	67.6	1064	7.34	75	11	3	56	57.1	11	0	105.6	0	0	---	0
ATTEMPTS 11-THROUGH-20	0	0	160	117	73.1	1121	7.01	48	5	4	53	45.3	14	0	92.2	0	0	---	0
ATTEMPTS 1-THROUGH-10	0	0	160	118	73.8	1127	7.04	40	9	1	59	50	12	0	109	44	123	2.8	1
AHEAD BY 9-TO-16 POINTS	0	0	51	31	60.8	433	8.49	68	3	0	17	54.8	8	1	107.7	8	28	3.5	1
AS STARTER	0	0	0	0	---	0	---	0	0	0	0	---	0	0	---	0	0	---	0
OVERALL	16	16	606	425	70.1	4298	7.09	75	30	10	218	51.3	47	40	99.7	44	123	2.8	1

2018 Game Log

WK	DATE	OPP	RESULT	PAATT	PACMP	PAYD	PATD	PAINT	SAC	YLS	RUATT	RUYD	RUAVG	RULG	RUTD	FL
1	09/09	SF	W24-16	36	20	244	2	0	3	0	4	26	6.50	13	0	0
2	09/16	@GB	L29-29	48	35	425	4	1	2	0	2	5	2.50	4	0	0
3	09/23	BUF	L27-6	55	40	296	1	1	4	0	2	2	1.00	2	0	2
4	09/27	@LAR	L38-31	50	36	422	3	0	4	0	4	28	7.00	19	0	1
5	10/07	@PHI	W23-21	37	30	301	1	0	1	0	5	1	0.20	3	0	1
6	10/14	ARI	W27-17	34	24	233	1	1	4	0	4	14	3.50	7	1	1
7	10/21	@NYJ	W37-17	40	25	241	2	0	1	0	2	-1	-0.50	0	0	0
8	10/28	NO	L30-20	41	31	359	2	1	4	0	2	3	1.50	3	0	0
9	11/04	DET	W24-9	22	18	164	1	1	1	0	2	3	1.50	3	0	1
10	BYE	-	L0-0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11	11/18	@CHI	L25-20	46	30	262	2	2	2	0	1	5	5.00	5	0	0
13	12/02	@NE	L24-10	44	32	201	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	12/10	@SEA	L21-7	33	20	208	1	0	2	0	3	5	1.67	4	0	1
15	12/16	MIA	W41-17	21	14	215	2	1	2	0	5	7	1.40	3	0	0
16	12/23	@DET	W27-9	28	21	253	3	0	2	0	1	1	1.00	1	0	0
17	12/30	CHI	L24-10	33	20	132	1	0	4	0	1	7	7.00	7	0	0
* Indicates player did not play that week

2018 FANTASY RECAP AND 2019 FANTASY PROJECTION

CURRENT CAREER TREND AND STATISTICS

PAST FANTASY PERFORMANCE (2017 TO 2018)

DAILY FANTASY SEASON RECAP

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