Should I start J.J. McCarthy or Kyler Murray in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on J.J. McCarthy, and the board ranks him 11th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kyler Murray, and the board ranks him 156th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 18.

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 9th highest figure of the 207 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Kyler Murray is 0.9 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.

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

This season so far

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 8, Kyler Murray has been on the field for 86 percent of MIN snaps, dropped back 184 times and thrown 7.7 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 27 of 184 dropbacks and scrambled 16 times.

In Week 5 against NO he completed 24 of 29 passes for 229 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 7 times for 54 yards.

In Week 7 against IND he completed 14 of 24 passes for 150 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 41 yards.

In Week 8 against DET he completed 17 of 29 passes for 210 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 3 times for 36 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 Kyler Murray played 5 games and scored 80.8 PPR points, 16.2 a game, finishing QB38.

He threw for 962 yards on 161 attempts with 6 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran for 173 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 32.2 attempts a game at 6.0 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 99 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

J.J. McCarthy was available for 5 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Kyler Murray scored 16.2 PPR points a game and J.J. McCarthy 13.7, 2.4 a game between them.

J.J. McCarthy finished QB30 that year and Kyler Murray QB38.

J.J. McCarthy had 82 more pass attempts than Kyler Murray, 243 to 161.

J.J. McCarthy had 670 more passing yards than Kyler Murray, 1632 to 962.

This season Kyler Murray holds the bigger snap share, 86 percent against 49 percent.

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

Byes and availability

Kyler Murray is off in Week 6. No bye is listed for J.J. McCarthy.

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

Kyler Murray is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

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