Should I start Woody Marks or Tanner McKee in Week 7?

Updated Oct 20, 11:21 AM 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 Woody Marks's 70 percent of the snaps and 52 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 Woody Marks for Tanner McKee?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Tanner McKee projects 144 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (14.4 a game over 10 games), Woody Marks 76 (7.6 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.

Woody Marks

RB21 · HOU · bye 8

2026 vs carries line 4-2

Market-based projection: 12.0 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 63

Tanner McKee

QB10 · PHI · bye unlisted

Overall rank: 64

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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 Woody Marks, and the board ranks him 63rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tanner McKee, and the board ranks him 64th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Woody Marks is 4.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Tanner McKee is 16.2 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 3 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Woody Marks has been on the field for 57 percent of HOU snaps, taken 41 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 25 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 2 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have averaged 0.8 air yards.

In Week 4 against DAL he carried 6 times for 22 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against TEN he carried 15 times for 62 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 23 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against JAX he carried 15 times for 56 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 25 yards and did not score.

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 Woody Marks played 16 games and scored 151.1 PPR points, 9.4 a game, finishing RB29.

He carried 196 times for 703 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 36 targets for 208 more yards.

That came to 12.3 carries a game at 3.6 yards a carry and 1-2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 53 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.

Woody Marks was available for 12 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Woody Marks scored 9.4 PPR points a game and Tanner McKee 3.7, 5.8 a game between them.

Woody Marks finished RB29 and Tanner McKee QB55, which are two different ladders.

Woody Marks 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

Woody Marks is off in Week 8. No bye is listed for Tanner McKee.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Woody Marks for Tanner McKee?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Tanner McKee projects 144 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (14.4 a game over 10 games), Woody Marks 76 (7.6 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Tanner McKee for Woody Marks?
No. Keep Tanner McKee: he projects 144 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (14.4 a game over 10 games), Woody Marks 76 (7.6 a game over 10 games).