Should I start Tanner McKee or Geno Smith in Week 7?
Updated Oct 21, 11:36 PM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.
Week 7 verdict
Start Geno Smith over Tanner McKee
- Market projects
- 15.1
- fantasy pts
- MIA D vs QB
- 19.4
- 8th most to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 100%
- Through Week 6
- Market projects
- 14.5
- fantasy pts
- DAL D vs QB
- 21.4
- 5th most to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 100%
- Through Week 6
Start Geno Smith over Tanner McKee in Week 7: 15.1 to 14.5 projected PPR points. Smith faces MIA, which allows the 8th most fantasy points to QBs.
Should I drop Tanner McKee for Geno Smith?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Geno Smith projects 151 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (15.1 a game over 10 games), Tanner McKee 139 (13.9 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Geno Smith over Tanner McKee, 15.1 to 14.5 projected PPR points.
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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.
QB20 · PHI · bye unlisted
- Overall rank
- 111
QB21 · NYJ · bye 13
2026 vs pass yds line 4-2
- Market-based projection
- 15.1 pts a game
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The gap
- Board size315 draftable players
Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Tanner McKee, and the board ranks him 111th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Geno Smith, and the board ranks him 113th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Tanner McKee is 15.3 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 12 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 market-based projection is 15.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 45th highest figure of the 214 players with a market-based 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, Geno Smith has been on the field for 100 percent of NYJ snaps, dropped back 204 times and thrown 7.1 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 37 of 204 dropbacks and scrambled 9 times.
In Week 4 against CHI he completed 8 of 15 passes for 119 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions.
In Week 5 against CLE he completed 17 of 30 passes for 182 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 9 yards.
In Week 6 against NE he completed 20 of 30 passes for 252 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 0 yards.
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 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 11 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Geno Smith scored 12.7 PPR points a game and Tanner McKee 3.7, 9.0 a game between them.
Tanner McKee finished QB55 that year and Geno Smith QB23.
Geno Smith had 405 more pass attempts than Tanner McKee, 448 to 43.
Geno Smith had 2751 more passing yards than Tanner McKee, 3025 to 274.
Their snap share this season is the same, 100 percent each.
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 Tanner McKee.
What would change the answer
Tanner McKee has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Tanner McKee for Geno Smith?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Geno Smith projects 151 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (15.1 a game over 10 games), Tanner McKee 139 (13.9 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Geno Smith over Tanner McKee, 15.1 to 14.5 projected PPR points.
Should I drop Geno Smith for Tanner McKee?
No. Keep Geno Smith: he projects 151 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (15.1 a game over 10 games), Tanner McKee 139 (13.9 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Geno Smith over Tanner McKee, 15.1 to 14.5 projected PPR points.
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