Should I start Kyler Murray or Tanner McKee in Week 7?

Updated Oct 21, 5:31 AM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

Kyler Murray and Tanner McKee are too close to call on usage: 100 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 Kyler Murray?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Kyler Murray projects 182 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (16.5 a game over 11 games), Tanner McKee 144 (14.4 a game over 10 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.

Kyler Murray

QB13 · MIN · bye 6

2026 vs pass yds line 2-2

Overall rank: 91

Tanner McKee

QB15 · PHI · bye unlisted

Overall rank: 94

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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 Kyler Murray, and the board ranks him 91st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 18.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tanner McKee, and the board ranks him 94th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Kyler Murray is 16.5 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 12 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 Tanner McKee is 16.4 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 5, Kyler Murray has been on the field for 80 percent of MIN snaps, dropped back 122 times and thrown 6.4 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 16 of 122 dropbacks and scrambled 13 times.

In Week 3 against TB he completed 15 of 29 passes for 168 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 17 yards.

In Week 4 against MIA he completed 27 of 37 passes for 247 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 21 yards.

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.

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 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.

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.

Kyler Murray was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Kyler Murray scored 16.2 PPR points a game and Tanner McKee 3.7, 12.5 a game between them.

Kyler Murray finished QB38 that year and Tanner McKee QB55.

Kyler Murray had 118 more pass attempts than Tanner McKee, 161 to 43.

Kyler Murray had 688 more passing yards than Tanner McKee, 962 to 274.

This season Tanner McKee holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 80 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 Tanner McKee.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Tanner McKee for Kyler Murray?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Kyler Murray projects 182 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (16.5 a game over 11 games), Tanner McKee 144 (14.4 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Kyler Murray for Tanner McKee?
No. Keep Kyler Murray: he projects 182 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (16.5 a game over 11 games), Tanner McKee 144 (14.4 a game over 10 games).