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Should I start Tanner McKee or Quinshon Judkins in Week 7?

Updated Oct 21, 5:26 AM ET.

Start Tanner McKee: 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Quinshon Judkins's 56 percent of the snaps and 64 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 Quinshon Judkins for Tanner McKee?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Tanner McKee projects 135 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (13.5 a game over 10 games), Quinshon Judkins 122 (12.2 a game over 10 games). Quinshon Judkins is listed questionable.

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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.

QB15 · PHI · bye unlisted

Overall rank
94

RB33 · CLE · bye 11

2026 vs carries line 2-3

Market-based projection
10.8 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
96

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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 Tanner McKee, and the board ranks him 94th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Quinshon Judkins, and the board ranks him 96th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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.

The market-based projection for Quinshon Judkins is 3.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back'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 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.

Through Week 5, Quinshon Judkins has been on the field for 60 percent of CLE snaps, taken 61 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 43 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 4 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have come 2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against CAR he carried 18 times for 70 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against PIT he carried 17 times for 53 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 43 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against NYJ he carried 14 times for 44 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Quinshon Judkins played 15 games and scored 169.8 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing RB26.

He carried 230 times for 827 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 26 of 36 targets for 171 more yards.

That came to 15.3 carries a game at 3.6 yards a carry and 1.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 50 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Quinshon Judkins was available for 11 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Quinshon Judkins scored 11.3 PPR points a game and Tanner McKee 3.7, 7.6 a game between them.

Tanner McKee finished QB55 and Quinshon Judkins RB26, which are two different ladders.

Tanner McKee is a quarterback and Quinshon Judkins a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Quinshon Judkins is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Tanner McKee.

Quinshon Judkins is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Quinshon Judkins for Tanner McKee?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Tanner McKee projects 135 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (13.5 a game over 10 games), Quinshon Judkins 122 (12.2 a game over 10 games). Quinshon Judkins is listed questionable.

  • Should I drop Tanner McKee for Quinshon Judkins?

    No. Keep Tanner McKee: he projects 135 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (13.5 a game over 10 games), Quinshon Judkins 122 (12.2 a game over 10 games). Quinshon Judkins is listed questionable.

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