Should I start Malik Willis or Tanner McKee in Week 7?
Updated Oct 21, 4:46 PM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.
Week 7 verdict
Start Tanner McKee over Malik Willis

- Market projects
- 15.3
- fantasy pts
- DAL D vs QB
- 21.4
- 5th most to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 100%
- Through Week 6

- Market projects
- 14.2
- fantasy pts
- NYJ D vs QB
- 15.1
- 8th fewest to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 100%
- Through Week 5
Start Tanner McKee over Malik Willis in Week 7: 15.3 to 14.2 projected PPR points. McKee faces DAL, which allows the 5th most fantasy points to QBs.
Should I drop Tanner McKee for Malik Willis?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Malik Willis projects 158 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (14.4 a game over 11 games), Tanner McKee 135 (13.5 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Tanner McKee over Malik Willis, 15.3 to 14.2 projected PPR points. So make the move after his Week 7 game.
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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.
QB23 · MIA · bye 6
2026 vs pass yds line 3-2
- Market-based projection
- 13.9 pts a game
QB24 · PHI · bye unlisted
- Overall rank
- 149
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The gap
- Board size311 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 Malik Willis, and the board ranks him 143rd overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 38.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Tanner McKee, and the board ranks him 149th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
Malik Willis's market-based projection is 13.9 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 54th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.
The market-based projection for Tanner McKee is 13.7 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 12 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 so far
Through Week 5, Malik Willis has been on the field for 100 percent of MIA snaps, dropped back 160 times and thrown 10.4 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 24 of 160 dropbacks and scrambled 17 times.
In Week 3 against KC he completed 20 of 36 passes for 210 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 9 times for 56 yards.
In Week 4 against MIN he completed 9 of 17 passes for 85 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 11 yards.
In Week 5 against CIN he completed 15 of 26 passes for 137 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 8 times for 74 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 Malik Willis played 4 games and scored 51.2 PPR points, 12.8 a game, finishing QB45.
He threw for 422 yards on 35 attempts with 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, and ran for 123 yards and 2 touchdowns.
That came to 8.8 attempts a game at 12.1 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 10 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.
Both were available for 4 games that season.
Head to head
In 2025 Malik Willis scored 12.8 PPR points a game and Tanner McKee 3.7, 9.1 a game between them.
Malik Willis finished QB45 that year and Tanner McKee QB55.
Tanner McKee had 8 more pass attempts than Malik Willis, 43 to 35.
Malik Willis had 148 more passing yards than Tanner McKee, 422 to 274.
Their snap share this season is the same, 100 percent each.
Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.
Byes and availability
Malik Willis is off in Week 6. 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 Malik Willis?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Malik Willis projects 158 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (14.4 a game over 11 games), Tanner McKee 135 (13.5 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Tanner McKee over Malik Willis, 15.3 to 14.2 projected PPR points. So make the move after his Week 7 game.
Should I drop Malik Willis for Tanner McKee?
No. Keep Malik Willis: he projects 158 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (14.4 a game over 11 games), Tanner McKee 135 (13.5 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Tanner McKee over Malik Willis, 15.3 to 14.2 projected PPR points.
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