Should I start J.J. McCarthy or Brock Purdy in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on J.J. McCarthy, and the board ranks him 11th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Brock Purdy, and the board ranks him 86th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

J.J. McCarthy's market-based projection is 16.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 10th highest figure of the 208 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Brock Purdy is 1.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Brock Purdy's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, J.J. McCarthy has been on the field for 49 percent of NYG snaps, dropped back 75 times and thrown 11.5 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 15 of 75 dropbacks and scrambled 3 times.

In Week 6 against NO he completed 11 of 17 passes for 243 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 26 yards.

In Week 7 against HOU he completed 20 of 27 passes for 252 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 1 yards.

In Week 9 against PHI he completed 12 of 19 passes for 127 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 23 yards.

Through Week 9, Brock Purdy has been on the field for 97 percent of SF snaps, dropped back 261 times and thrown 8.1 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 29 of 261 dropbacks and scrambled 19 times.

In Week 6 against WAS he completed 21 of 29 passes for 264 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 28 yards.

In Week 7 against ATL he completed 27 of 39 passes for 288 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 2 times for 5 yards.

In Week 9 against LV he completed 17 of 25 passes for 232 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 7 times for 40 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 J.J. McCarthy played 10 games and scored 137.4 PPR points, 13.7 a game, finishing QB30.

He threw for 1632 yards on 243 attempts with 11 touchdowns and 12 interceptions, and ran for 181 yards and 4 touchdowns.

That came to 24.3 attempts a game at 6.7 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 94 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Brock Purdy played 9 games and scored 187.4 PPR points, 20.8 a game, finishing QB24.

He threw for 2167 yards on 284 attempts with 20 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, and ran for 147 yards and 3 touchdowns.

That came to 31.6 attempts a game at 7.6 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 98 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

J.J. McCarthy was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Brock Purdy scored 20.8 PPR points a game and J.J. McCarthy 13.7, 7.1 a game between them.

J.J. McCarthy finished QB30 that year and Brock Purdy QB24.

Brock Purdy had 41 more pass attempts than J.J. McCarthy, 284 to 243.

Brock Purdy had 535 more passing yards than J.J. McCarthy, 2167 to 1632.

This season Brock Purdy holds the bigger snap share, 97 percent against 49 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.

Byes and availability

Brock Purdy is off in Week 8. No bye is listed for J.J. McCarthy.

J.J. McCarthy is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Brock Purdy has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.