Should I start Jared Goff or Tanner McKee in Week 9?
Updated Nov 3, 5:01 AM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
Jared Goff and Tanner McKee are too close to call on usage: 99 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets against 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
Should I drop Tanner McKee for Jared Goff?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Jared Goff projects 150 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (16.7 a game over 9 games), Tanner McKee 106 (13.2 a game over 8 games).
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
QB26 · DET · bye 6
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- Market-based projection
- 16.0 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 164
QB27 · PHI · bye 10
- Market-based projection
- 11.6 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 169
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The gap
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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 Jared Goff, and the board ranks him 164th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Tanner McKee, and the board ranks him 169th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Jared Goff is 0.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
The market-based projection for Tanner McKee is 0.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
Jared Goff's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season through Week 8
Through Week 8, Jared Goff has been on the field for 99 percent of DET snaps, dropped back 269 times and thrown 7.7 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 41 of 269 dropbacks and scrambled 5 times.
In Week 5 against ARI he completed 19 of 30 passes for 271 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 1 yards.
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.
Through Week 8, Tanner McKee has been on the field for 100 percent of PHI snaps, dropped back 129 times and thrown 6.6 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 22 of 129 dropbacks and scrambled 5 times.
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.
In Week 7 against DAL he completed 23 of 35 passes for 211 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 1 yards.
In Week 8 against WAS he completed 23 of 34 passes for 212 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 4 times for 25 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 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.
Jared Goff was available for 13 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Jared Goff scored 17.9 PPR points a game and Tanner McKee 3.7, 14.3 a game between them.
Jared Goff finished QB9 that year and Tanner McKee QB55.
Jared Goff had 535 more pass attempts than Tanner McKee, 578 to 43.
Jared Goff had 4290 more passing yards than Tanner McKee, 4564 to 274.
This season Tanner McKee holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 99 percent.
Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.
Byes and availability
Jared Goff is off in Week 6 and Tanner McKee in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Tanner McKee for Jared Goff?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Jared Goff projects 150 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (16.7 a game over 9 games), Tanner McKee 106 (13.2 a game over 8 games).
Should I drop Jared Goff for Tanner McKee?
No. Keep Jared Goff: he projects 150 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (16.7 a game over 9 games), Tanner McKee 106 (13.2 a game over 8 games).
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