Should I start J.J. McCarthy or Dalton Schultz in Week 10?

The market-based projections

J.J. McCarthy's market-based projection is 16.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 28th highest figure of the 213 players with a market-based projection.

Dalton Schultz's market-based projection is 8.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 3 market sources. That is the 84th highest figure of the 213 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on J.J. McCarthy, and the board ranks him 99th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dalton Schultz, and the board ranks him 98th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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, Dalton Schultz has been on the field for 56 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 65 third down targets, had 1 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 12 of its 51 two minute targets.

His 47 targets have averaged 6.4 air yards.

In Week 6 against JAX he caught 4 of 6 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NYG he caught 5 of 6 targets for 45 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against LAC he caught 2 of 4 targets for 42 yards and did not score.

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 Dalton Schultz played 17 games and scored 177.7 PPR points, 10.5 a game, finishing TE10.

He caught 82 of 106 targets for 777 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.2 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 10 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 72 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Dalton Schultz was available for 7 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 J.J. McCarthy scored 13.7 PPR points a game and Dalton Schultz 10.5, 3.3 a game between them.

J.J. McCarthy finished QB30 and Dalton Schultz TE10, which are two different ladders.

J.J. McCarthy is a quarterback and Dalton Schultz a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Dalton Schultz 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

7.9 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.