Should I start J.J. McCarthy or Geno Smith in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on J.J. McCarthy, and the board ranks him 100th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Geno Smith, and the board ranks him 121st overall on the rest of his evidence.

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 25th highest figure of the 209 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Geno Smith is 15.5 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 6 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Geno Smith'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, Geno Smith has been on the field for 100 percent of NYJ snaps, dropped back 310 times and thrown 7.5 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 53 of 310 dropbacks and scrambled 12 times.

In Week 7 against MIA he completed 23 of 30 passes for 287 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 1 yards.

In Week 8 against LV he completed 20 of 32 passes for 290 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 4 yards.

In Week 9 against KC he completed 18 of 32 passes for 165 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 8 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 Geno Smith played 15 games and scored 190.9 PPR points, 12.7 a game, finishing QB23.

He threw for 3025 yards on 448 attempts with 19 touchdowns and 17 interceptions, and ran for 109 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 29.9 attempts a game at 6.8 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 97 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Geno Smith was available for 5 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 J.J. McCarthy scored 13.7 PPR points a game and Geno Smith 12.7, 1.0 a game between them.

J.J. McCarthy finished QB30 that year and Geno Smith QB23.

Geno Smith had 205 more pass attempts than J.J. McCarthy, 448 to 243.

Geno Smith had 1393 more passing yards than J.J. McCarthy, 3025 to 1632.

This season Geno Smith holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 49 percent.

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

Byes and availability

Geno Smith is off in Week 13. No bye is listed for J.J. McCarthy.

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

What would change the answer

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