Should I start J.J. McCarthy or Jonathan Taylor in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on J.J. McCarthy, and the board ranks him 109th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jonathan Taylor, and the board ranks him 110th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 4.

The market-based projections

The market has J.J. McCarthy at 15.9 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 13 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Jonathan Taylor is 5.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

J.J. McCarthy's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 7, J.J. McCarthy has been on the field for 42 percent of NYG snaps, dropped back 49 times and thrown 11.8 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 8 of 49 dropbacks and scrambled 1 time.

In Week 5 against WAS he completed 0 of 0 passes for 0 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 2 yards.

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.

Through Week 8, Jonathan Taylor has been on the field for 78 percent of IND snaps, taken 67 percent of the carries, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 47 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 64 third down targets, had 15 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have come 1.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 6 against TEN he carried 21 times for 94 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 57 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against MIN he carried 18 times for 95 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 15 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against JAX he carried 8 times for 23 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 24 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 Jonathan Taylor played 17 games and scored 362.3 PPR points, 21.3 a game, finishing RB4.

He carried 323 times for 1585 yards and 18 touchdowns, and caught 46 of 55 targets for 378 more yards.

That came to 19.0 carries a game at 4.9 yards a carry and 2.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 84 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jonathan Taylor was available for 7 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jonathan Taylor scored 21.3 PPR points a game and J.J. McCarthy 13.7, 7.6 a game between them.

J.J. McCarthy finished QB30 and Jonathan Taylor RB4, which are two different ladders.

J.J. McCarthy is a quarterback and Jonathan Taylor a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Jonathan Taylor is off in Week 13. No bye is listed for J.J. McCarthy.