Should I start J.J. McCarthy or Darnell Mooney 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 21st highest figure of the 211 players with a market-based projection.

Darnell Mooney's market-based projection is 3.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 84th highest figure of the 211 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 70th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Darnell Mooney, and the board ranks him 69th 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, Darnell Mooney has been on the field for 55 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 71 third down targets, had 0 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 13.8 air yards.

In Week 6 against NO he carried 1 time for 20 yards, caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against HOU he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against PHI he carried 1 time for -4 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 54 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 Darnell Mooney played 15 games and scored 82.3 PPR points, 5.5 a game, finishing WR79.

He caught 32 of 72 targets for 443 yards and 1 touchdown, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 4.8 targets a game, a 44 percent catch rate and 13.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 82 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Darnell Mooney was available for 5 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 J.J. McCarthy scored 13.7 PPR points a game and Darnell Mooney 5.5, 8.3 a game between them.

J.J. McCarthy finished QB30 and Darnell Mooney WR79, which are two different ladders.

J.J. McCarthy is a quarterback and Darnell Mooney a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Darnell Mooney is off in Week 8. No bye is listed for J.J. McCarthy.

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

Darnell Mooney is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

12.2 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.