Kirk Cousins — Week 7: 295 Yards, Stopped on Fourth
2026 NFL Season · Half-PPR Scoring · Wednesday, Oct 28
Cousins completed 26 of 44 passes for 295 yards and two touchdowns without an interception against the Rams, but only 27 of his throws were catchable and three Las Vegas drives ended on his fourth-down incompletions in a 35-21 loss at home.
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Kirk Cousins threw for 295 yards against the Rams without an interception, and the efficiency still went the wrong way: 26 of 44, 2 touchdowns and two sacks in a 35-21 loss at home. Over 48 dropbacks, counting the sacks and two scrambles, he was worth -7.2 expected points added (EPA), what a play was worth given down, distance and field position. Completion percentage over expected (CPOE), which compares completions with what each throw's difficulty predicts, was -7.9.
The charting says the ball was harder to catch than usual. Only 27 of his 44 throws were catchable, 61.4% against 71.9% through Week 6, and one was interception-worthy, a ball a defender should have caught: a third-and-9 incompletion for Brock Bowers on the opening drive. Play-action did little for him, 7 of 10 for 53 yards, after 34 of 50 for 431 through Week 6; off straight dropbacks he went 19 of 34 for 242. He was out of the pocket 6 times.
Fourth down is where the drives died. Down 21-3 with 2:00 left in the half, fourth and 3 at the Rams 48, his contested throw short left for Cody White fell incomplete, -2.79 EPA, and Los Angeles scored 35 seconds later. In the third quarter a fourth and 2 at the Rams 13 went incomplete to White, -3.78 EPA, and on fourth and 5 at the 25 his 16-yard completion to Jalen Nailor was overturned on review, -3.64 EPA.
His best came on third down at the turn of the quarter. Down 28-6, third and 4 at his own 15, he hit Tre Tucker short right for 41 yards, +3.48 EPA, and on third and 3 at the Rams 37 he threw deep left to Tucker for the touchdown, +4.27 EPA. After Nakobe Dean's interception, his 15-yard touchdown to Ashton Jeanty off play-action made it 28-18.
It was a sharp drop from his season. Through Week 6 he had completed 135 of 213 for 1,582 yards, 14 touchdowns and 5 interceptions, at +0.19 EPA per dropback over 221 dropbacks; here it was -0.15. His CPOE through Week 6 was -0.7.
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_Data via nflverse. Charting: FTN Data via nflverse._
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