Should I start Jonathan Taylor or Tanner McKee in Week 7?

Updated Oct 20, 7:01 PM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

Start Tanner McKee: 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Jonathan Taylor's 75 percent of the snaps and 68 percent of the carries. 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 Jonathan Taylor?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Jonathan Taylor projects 188 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (18.8 a game over 10 games), Tanner McKee 144 (14.4 a game over 10 games).

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

Jonathan Taylor

RB9 · IND · bye 13

2026 vs carries line 4-2

Market-based projection: 16.1 pts a game

Tanner McKee

QB11 · PHI · bye unlisted

Overall rank: 86

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The gap

Board size299 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 Jonathan Taylor, and the board ranks him 15th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 4.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tanner McKee, and the board ranks him 86th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Jonathan Taylor's market-based projection is 16.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 17th highest figure of the 184 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Tanner McKee is 16.5 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a 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, Jonathan Taylor has been on the field for 81 percent of IND snaps, taken 74 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 49 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 13 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 23 targets have come 1.2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against WAS he carried 20 times for 95 yards, caught 1 of 4 targets for 2 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 5 against PIT he carried 15 times for 45 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

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

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.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

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.

Jonathan Taylor was available for 13 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jonathan Taylor scored 21.3 PPR points a game and Tanner McKee 3.7, 17.6 a game between them.

Jonathan Taylor finished RB4 and Tanner McKee QB55, which are two different ladders.

Jonathan Taylor is a running back and Tanner McKee a quarterback, 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 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 Jonathan Taylor?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Jonathan Taylor projects 188 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (18.8 a game over 10 games), Tanner McKee 144 (14.4 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Jonathan Taylor for Tanner McKee?
No. Keep Jonathan Taylor: he projects 188 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (18.8 a game over 10 games), Tanner McKee 144 (14.4 a game over 10 games).