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Should I start Tanner McKee or Tyson Bagent in Week 7?

Updated Oct 21, 5:11 AM ET.

Week 7 verdict

Start

QB · PHI · vs DAL

Market projects
16.5
fantasy pts
DAL D vs QB
21.4
5th most to QBs (2026)
Upside
High
94 of 100 at QB
Snap share
100%
Through Week 6
Sit

QB · CHI · vs NE

Market projects
16.4
recent weeks avg
NE D vs QB
14.6
6th fewest to QBs (2026)
Upside
Limited
17 of 100 at QB
Snap share
63%
Through Week 5
Start McKee or Bagent? The full Week 7 breakdown

Start Tanner McKee: 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Tyson Bagent's 63 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets. 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.

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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.

QB14 · PHI · bye unlisted

Overall rank
92

QB · CHI · bye 10

Overall rank
302

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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 92nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyson Bagent, and the board ranks him 302nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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.

No season market is posted for Tyson Bagent, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

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, Tyson Bagent has been on the field for 63 percent of CHI snaps, dropped back 70 times and thrown 6.9 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 8 of 70 dropbacks and scrambled 3 times.

In Week 2 against MIN he completed 5 of 8 passes for 54 yards and threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.

In Week 4 against NYJ he completed 25 of 34 passes for 268 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 4 yards.

In Week 5 against GB he completed 12 of 21 passes for 87 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 2 interceptions and ran 3 times for 17 yards.

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 Tyson Bagent played 3 games and scored 2.6 PPR points, 0.9 a game, finishing QB67.

He threw for 47 yards on 4 attempts with 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, and ran for 7 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 1.3 attempts a game at 11.8 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 1 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tanner McKee was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Tanner McKee scored 3.7 PPR points a game and Tyson Bagent 0.9, 2.8 a game between them.

Tanner McKee finished QB55 that year and Tyson Bagent QB67.

Tanner McKee had 39 more pass attempts than Tyson Bagent, 43 to 4.

Tanner McKee had 227 more passing yards than Tyson Bagent, 274 to 47.

This season Tanner McKee holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 63 percent.

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

Byes and availability

Tyson Bagent is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Tanner McKee.

Both players in full

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