Should I start Jared Goff or J.J. McCarthy in Week 10?

The market-based projections

Jared Goff's market-based projection is 16.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 13th highest figure of the 209 players with a market-based projection.

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 14th highest figure of the 209 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jared Goff, and the board ranks him 17th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on J.J. McCarthy, and the board ranks him 20th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Jared Goff has been on the field for 99 percent of DET snaps, dropped back 298 times and thrown 7.5 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 49 of 298 dropbacks and scrambled 6 times.

In Week 7 against GB he completed 22 of 32 passes for 303 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 0 yards.

In Week 8 against MIN he completed 18 of 25 passes for 176 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 2 yards.

In Week 9 against MIA he completed 17 of 25 passes for 170 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 7 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jared Goff played 17 games and scored 305.1 PPR points, 17.9 a game, finishing QB9.

He threw for 4564 yards on 578 attempts with 34 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 45 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 34.0 attempts a game at 7.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 98 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Jared Goff was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jared Goff scored 17.9 PPR points a game and J.J. McCarthy 13.7, 4.2 a game between them.

Jared Goff finished QB9 that year and J.J. McCarthy QB30.

Jared Goff had 335 more pass attempts than J.J. McCarthy, 578 to 243.

Jared Goff had 2932 more passing yards than J.J. McCarthy, 4564 to 1632.

This season Jared Goff holds the bigger snap share, 99 percent against 49 percent.

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

Byes and availability

Jared Goff is off in Week 6. No bye is listed for J.J. McCarthy.

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

What would change the answer

0.6 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.