Is Kirk Cousins playing this week?
No injury designationKirk Cousins has no injury designation on the latest injury reports for the week 4 game against the Kansas City Chiefs.
Kickoff: Sun, Oct 4 · 4:25 PM ET.
Checked Oct 3, 7:19 PM ET against the ESPN injury report and the NFL's official weekly report (via nflverse). Injury news can change up to kickoff, so confirm with the team close to game time.
From the beat
What reporters are saying about him, last 3 days.
Come for all of the Raiders imitating Fernando Mendoza, stay for the reveal that Kirk Cousins is gentle parenting him behind the scenes
Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 1d ago · View on Bluesky
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Fantasy football · Week 4
Our own start/sit calls for every player, with a projected score, the range of likely outcomes and the reasons spelled out. Built from usage, matchup, Vegas lines and injuries. How we rank
Bench. KC's defense has allowed 19% fewer points to QBs than the league average.
Why we say bench
- Projected 12.2 points, #22 among QBs this week, outside the top 12.
- KC's defense has allowed 19% fewer points to QBs than the league average.
- Upside: Scored 22.2 points last game against a typical 8.6 (trending up).
- Averaging 31 pass attempts a game.
Recent form
Dashed line: the usual 8.6 a game
This week's matchup
- Expected team score
- ~22 pts
- Vegas line
- LV underdogs by 4.5
- Game total
- 47.5
- KC vs QBs
- 19% fewer points
All week 4 quarterback rankings →Start or sit tool →How our past calls did →
Age
38
Height
6'3"
Weight
209 lb
College
Michigan State
Experience
14 seasons
Draft
2012 · Pick #102 (WAS)
Status
ACT
Grade Breakdown
What do these mean?Why 53.7?
Cousins sits just above the middle of the pack, mainly because he completed more passes than expected. His per-play efficiency was about average, and easier-than-average defenses trimmed his grade. The sample is small, just 99 dropbacks over 3 games.
Lifting the grade
- Completion percentage over expected was +4.1 points, 11th of 27 QBs, which lifted the grade.
- Week 2 vs LAC: a 40-yard deep left touchdown to Tucker, worth +3.7 expected points.
- Week 1 vs MIA: a 13-yard touchdown pass to Jeanty on 3rd and 8, worth +3.3 expected points.
Written by StatGrades AI from this season's play-by-play through week 4. It explains what happened; a grade isn't a forecast (what grades do and don't predict).
EPA / play
0.155
Success rate
48%
WPA (sum)
0.84
Opponent adj.
-0.085
Plays graded
99
Advanced stats
2026 season through Week 3 · tracking data from NFL Next Gen Stats| Week | Time to throw | Aggressiveness | CPOE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2.90s | 10.0% | +3.9% |
| 2 | 2.85s | 17.2% | -0.5% |
| 3 | 2.69s | 15.2% | +5.8% |
What do these mean?
- Time to throw:
- Average seconds from snap to release.
- Aggressiveness:
- Share of throws into tight coverage, with a defender within one yard of the receiver.
- CPOE:
- Completion percentage over expected. Compares actual completions to what the difficulty of each throw predicts.
- Expected comp %:
- The completion percentage the throws would be expected to produce.
- Completed air yds:
- Average distance the ball travels in the air on completions.
- Intended air yds:
- Average distance the ball travels in the air on all attempts.
- Air yds differential:
- Completed air yards minus intended air yards. Negative means completions come shorter than the throws attempted.
- Air yds to sticks:
- How far the average throw travels past (or short of) the first-down marker.
Next Gen Stats data via nflverse (CC BY 4.0). Updated after games are final, not live, and covers QB, RB, WR and TE.