Should I start Tanner McKee or Dameon Pierce in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tanner McKee, and the board ranks him 96th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dameon Pierce, and the board ranks him 97th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Tanner McKee is 16.5 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Dameon Pierce is 3.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 11 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Tanner McKee has been on the field for 100 percent of PHI snaps, dropped back 48 times and thrown 8.0 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 10 of 48 dropbacks.

In Week 6 against CAR he completed 26 of 45 passes for 215 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 0 yards.

Through Week 6, Dameon Pierce has been on the field for 87 percent of PHI snaps, taken 74 percent of the carries, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 43 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 25 third down targets, had 2 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have come 0.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against JAX he carried 11 times for 14 yards, caught 2 of 5 targets for -2 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CAR he carried 12 times for 35 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 15 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Tanner McKee played 4 games and scored 14.8 PPR points, 3.7 a game, finishing QB55.

He threw for 274 yards on 43 attempts with 1 touchdown and 1 interception, and ran for 8 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 10.8 attempts a game at 6.4 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 3 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Dameon Pierce played 5 games and scored 3.6 PPR points, 0.7 a game, finishing RB128.

He carried 14 times for 36 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 1 target for 0 more yards.

That came to 2.8 carries a game at 2.6 yards a carry.

He was on the field for 8 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Dameon Pierce was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Tanner McKee scored 3.7 PPR points a game and Dameon Pierce 0.7, 3.0 a game between them.

Tanner McKee finished QB55 and Dameon Pierce RB128, which are two different ladders.

Tanner McKee is a quarterback and Dameon Pierce a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Dameon Pierce is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Tanner McKee.