Kirk Cousins — Week 5: 243 Yards, Three Sacks
2026 NFL Season · Half-PPR Scoring · Monday, Oct 12
Cousins completed 19 of 28 passes for 243 yards and a touchdown with no interceptions, but was sacked 3 times, against the Patriots in a 45-17 loss in New England.
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Kirk Cousins kept the ball safe against the Patriots and could not keep pace: 19 of 28, 243 yards, 1 touchdown, no interceptions, 3 sacks. He was worth +3.8 expected points added (EPA) on 31 dropbacks, +0.12 per dropback. EPA is what a play was worth given down, distance and field position.
The defining snap came with the game still close. Down 14-7 with 6:03 left in the second quarter, third and 11 at the New England 36, Elijah Ponder sacked him for a 4-yard loss: -1.5 EPA and -5.2 points of win probability, the biggest swing against him.
His best work came early. Down 7-0, he converted third and 2 with a 24-yard throw to Brock Bowers and finished the drive with a 13-yard touchdown to him for 7-7.
He was close to his own baseline: +24.9 EPA on 152 dropbacks through Week 4, +0.16 per dropback. His completion percentage over expected (CPOE), completions against what the throws' difficulty predicted, was +0.4, after +1.6 across those four games. The 3 sacks compare with 5 through Week 4.
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