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Kirk Cousins or David Montgomery

Who Should I Start? - Week 3 • Start New
Kirk Cousins

Kirk Cousins

QB • Minnesota Vikings MIN
David Montgomery

David Montgomery

RB • Chicago Bears CHI
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Kirk Cousins
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YDS CMP% TD INT RUSH YDS TD
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Season stats based on the past 14 days
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Next Up ❱ Redzone Touches
Redzone Touches Kirk Cousins
REDZONE
WK OPP ATT TAR REC
1 GB 🔓 🔓 🔓
2 @PHI 🔓 🔓 🔓
3 DET 🔓 🔓 🔓
4 @NO 🔓 🔓 🔓
5 CHI 🔓 🔓 🔓
6 @MIA 🔓 🔓 🔓
8 BYE 🔓 🔓 🔓
9 ARI 🔓 🔓 🔓
10 @WAS 🔓 🔓 🔓
11 @BUF 🔓 🔓 🔓
12 DAL 🔓 🔓 🔓
13 NE 🔓 🔓 🔓
14 NYJ 🔓 🔓 🔓
15 @DET 🔓 🔓 🔓
16 IND 🔓 🔓 🔓
17 NYG 🔓 🔓 🔓
18 @GB 🔓 🔓 🔓
19 @CHI 🔓 🔓 🔓

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Redzone Touches David Montgomery
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WK OPP ATT TAR REC
1 SF 🔓 🔓 🔓
2 @GB 🔓 🔓 🔓
3 HOU 🔓 🔓 🔓
4 @NYG 🔓 🔓 🔓
5 @MIN 🔓 🔓 🔓
6 WAS 🔓 🔓 🔓
7 @NE 🔓 🔓 🔓
8 @DAL 🔓 🔓 🔓
9 MIA 🔓 🔓 🔓
10 DET 🔓 🔓 🔓
11 @ATL 🔓 🔓 🔓
12 @NYJ 🔓 🔓 🔓
13 GB 🔓 🔓 🔓
15 BYE 🔓 🔓 🔓
16 PHI 🔓 🔓 🔓
17 BUF 🔓 🔓 🔓
18 @DET 🔓 🔓 🔓

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Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Kirk Cousins
OWN
98%
-0.02 compared to last week
START
62%
+1.13 compared to last week
OWN/START David Montgomery
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
72%
No change since last week.
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Kirk Cousins
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus David Montgomery
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Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Kirk Cousins

    Overview

  • A good quarterback can mean the world of difference in such a pass heavy league.
  • Experts don't even rank him among QB's. Either he is on a bye week or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 8th with 316.40 total points (17.58 avg).
  • Currently 121.12 points behind the leader: Josh Allen
  • Average points in the past two weeks have increased by 7.2 PPG. That is great, but how long can he perform at this level? If you don't have the confidence he can keep it up, then trade him for a sure thing.

    • QB Stats

  • Top 6 in pass yards with 4820 (267.78 per game) and is currently ranked 6th among QB.
  • Top 6 in pass tds with 31 (1.72 per game) and is currently ranked 5th among QB.
  • Top 6 in pass completions with 455 (25.28 per game) and is currently ranked 5th.
  • Top 6 in interceptions with 14 (0.78 per game) and is currently ranked 4th.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 16 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Yards: +4225, TDs: +26, INTs: +14
  • He has recorded some deep balls down the field. If your league gives out bonuses for long TD passes then he has some added value.
  • Unfortunately two players have the same exact name and his rating may not be entirely accurate at this point. We are working on fixing situations like this!

    • Season Outlook

  • PASS YDS: 4348, PASS TDS: 31, RUSH YDS: 110, RUSH TDS: 1
Breakdown David Montgomery

    Overview

  • Just about every team utilizies the dreaded 'running backs by comittee' policy. Two solid #1 starters are hard to find.
  • Experts don't even rank him among RB's. Either he is on a bye week or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 22nd with 143.70 total points (8.45 avg).
  • Currently 138.3 points behind the leader: Austin Ekeler
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 8.5.

    • Receiving Stats

  • Top 25 in receptions and is currently ranked 24th among RB.
  • Top 35 in targets and is currently ranked 29th among RB.
  • Top 35 in Rec TDs with 1 and is currently ranked 28th among RB.
  • Top 15 in red zone attempts and is currently ranked 11th among RB.

    • Rushing Stats

  • Top 25 in rush attempts with 201 (11.82 per game) and is currently ranked 22nd among RB.
  • Top 35 in rush yards with 801 (47.12 per game) and is currently ranked 26th among RB.
  • Top 25 in rush tds with 5 (0.29 per game) and is currently ranked 21st among RB.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 15 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Rush Yards: +632, Rush AVG: -0.7 Rush TDs: +4, Receptions: +30, Rec Yards: +288 Rec TDs: +1,
  • Unfortunately two players have the same exact name and his rating may not be entirely accurate at this point. We are working on fixing situations like this!

    • Season Outlook

  • RUSH ATT: 231, RUSH YDS: 902, RUSH TDS: 7, REC: 45, REC YDS: 339, REC TDS: 1
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Kirk Cousins

No Injury Reported

Injury David Montgomery

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Kirk Cousins

Week 3
Minnesota Vikings VS Detroit Lions

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
25.12408.0622123920.00
Compare to same point last season

Overview

  • Experts don"t even rank him among DST's. Either he is on a bye week or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 29th with 97.00 total points (5.71 avg).
  • Currently 89 points behind the leader: Patriots DST
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 5.7.

Defensive Stats

  • Ranked 29th in rush defense with 2491 (146.53 per game).
  • Ranked 30th in pass defense with 4446 (261.53 per game).
  • One of the worst in points against with 25.12 per game and currently ranked 25th among DST.
  • Currently ranked 22nd in Total TDs with 2 (0.12 per game) among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: -14.69, Turnovers: +20 Sacks: +33, INTs: +12, TDs: +2, Points Allowed: -11.13,
  • Unfortunately two players have the same exact name and his rating may not be entirely accurate at this point. We are working on fixing situations like this!

Season Outlook

  • SACK: 35, INT: 11, TDS: 2, PA/G: 29.2, YDS/G: 403.5
Matchups David Montgomery

Week 3
Chicago Bears VS Houston Texans

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
24.71392.2928163920.68
Compare to same point last season

Overview

  • Experts don"t even rank him among DST's. Either he is on a bye week or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 10th with 118.00 total points (6.94 avg).
  • Currently 68 points behind the leader: Patriots DST
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 6.9.

Defensive Stats

  • Top 8 in turnovers with 28 (1.65 per game) and is currently ranked 8th among DST.
  • Ranked 32nd in rush defense with 2894 (170.24 per game).
  • Top 10 in pass defense with 3775 (222.06 per game) and is currently ranked 10th among DST.
  • Top 10 in interceptions with 16 (0.94 per game) and currently ranked 10th among DST.
  • One of the worst in points against with 24.71 per game and currently ranked 24th among DST.
  • Currently ranked 18th in Total TDs with 2 (0.12 per game) among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: -4.71, Turnovers: +23 Sacks: +31, INTs: +12, TDs: +2, Points Allowed: -5.04,
  • Unfortunately two players have the same exact name and his rating may not be entirely accurate at this point. We are working on fixing situations like this!

Season Outlook

  • SACK: 34, INT: 11, TDS: 3, PA/G: 28.3, YDS/G: 408.4
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Kirk Cousins
14.95
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating David Montgomery
15.09
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Kirk Cousins
PASS RUSH
YR TM GP YD CMP% TD INT RAT YD TD FUM
2012 WAS 3 466 69% 4 3 101.6 22 0 0
2013 WAS 5 854 52% 4 7 58.4 14 0 1
2014 WAS 6 1710 62% 10 9 86.4 20 0 1
2015 WAS 16 4166 70% 29 11 101.6 48 5 3
2016 WAS 16 4921 67% 25 12 97.2 100 4 6
2017 WAS 16 4088 64% 27 13 93.8 179 4 12
2018 MIN 16 4298 70% 30 10 99.7 123 1 15
2019 MIN 15 3603 69% 26 6 107.4 63 1 5
2020 MIN 16 4265 68% 35 13 105.0 156 1 5
2021 MIN 15 3971 66% 30 7 101.3 116 1 2
2022 MIN 16 4322 65% 28 14 91.0 97 2 3
3-YEAR AVG 16 4269 66% 32 11 99.3 123 1 3
Totals 143 37412 67% 254 105 97.9 938 20 53
Career David Montgomery
RUSH RECEIVING
YEAR TEAM GP ATT YD AVG TD TGTS REC YD AVG TD
2019 CHI 16 242 889 3.7 6 35 25 185 7.4 1
2020 CHI 15 247 1070 4.3 8 68 54 438 8.1 2
2021 CHI 12 205 777 3.8 7 48 40 294 7.4 0
2022 CHI 15 194 780 4.0 5 40 34 316 9.3 1
3-YEAR AVG 15 226 910 4 7 53 43 352 8.1 1
Totals 61 927 3640 3.9 26 195 155 1240 8.0 4
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