Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins has never broken through as a legitimate fantasy football QB1 despite missing just 2 games in 7 years as a full-time starter and being the only QB in the NFL to throw for more than 3,500 yards and 25 touchdowns in each of the last 7 seasons.
Below, we look at Kirk Cousins‘ 2022 fantasy football average draft position (ADP) and where you should draft him.
Cousins has become a more effective fantasy quarterback as time has gone on. He has thrown for more than 4,000 yards in 6 of the last 7 seasons and in the last 2 he has thrown for 8,486 yards with 68 passing TDs and 2 rushing TDs.
Kirk Cousins’ ADP: 101.74
(ADP data courtesy of MyFantasyLeague.com; last updated at time of this publishing – ADPs continually change as more drafts occur)
Cousins seems to be the demarcation line between the established quarterbacks and those with something to prove. In the span of 27 picks according to current ADP numbers, Cousins in the only QB in the group – behind Matthew Stafford (Los Angeles Rams) at 90.87 and Derek Carr (Las Vegas Raiders) at 91.27 and ahead of Tua Tagovailoa (Miami Dolphins) at 118.12 and Trevor Lawrence (Jacksonville Jaguars) at 124.06.
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Kirk Cousins’ 2021 stats
Games: 16
Passing yards: 4,221
Completions | attempts: 372 | 561
Passing touchdowns: 33
Interceptions: 7
Carries | rushing yards: 29 | 115
Rushing touchdowns: 1
Where should you draft Cousins?
His ranking seems dead on given his production. He doesn’t belong ahead of players like Stafford or Carr and certainly shouldn’t be taken after guys like Lawrence or Tagovailoa.
It’s hard to believe sometimes how a quarterback with receivers rated as highly as Justin Jefferson and Adam Thielen can be rated this low, especially since no other QB has been able to reach the 3,500/25 milestone as often as Cousins.
When a fantasy owner gets a QB1 locked down among the elite, there are few quarterbacks who can be as consistent and dominant as a No. 2 quarterback than Cousins. When you have to play him, he has the track record and the production to make a valuable member of any fantasy roster.
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