Start Aaron Rodgers or Tanner McKee? Week 8

Updated Oct 27, 8:26 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 9 answer posts Tuesday.

Start Aaron Rodgers over Tanner McKee

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Aaron Rodgers

QB · PIT · vs CLE

Market projects: 14.6; recent weeks avg
CLE D vs QB: 15.4; 8th fewest to QBs (2026)
Upside: Limited; 13 of 100 at QB
Snap share: 99%; Through Week 7

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Tanner McKee

QB · PHI · at WAS

Market projects: 13.1; recent weeks avg
WAS D vs QB: 22.7; 2nd most to QBs (2026)
Upside: Moderate; 63 of 100 at QB
Snap share: 100%; Through Week 7

Should I drop Tanner McKee for Aaron Rodgers?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Aaron Rodgers projects 131 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (14.5 a game over 9 games), Tanner McKee 124 (13.8 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Aaron Rodgers over Tanner McKee.

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Our Week 8 call

Start Aaron Rodgers over Tanner McKee in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Aaron Rodgers at 14.6 points and Tanner McKee at 13.1, a gap of 1.5. No player market is posted for Aaron Rodgers this week yet, so his 14.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (14.5, 14.3 and 14.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Tanner McKee this week yet, so his 13.1 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 7 (12.4 and 13.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Aaron Rodgers yet. His market-based projections were 14.5, 14.4 and 14.8 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 14.6, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

No Week 8 player market is posted for Tanner McKee yet. His market-based projections were 12.5 and 13.7 points in Weeks 6 and 7, an average of 13.1, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

That puts Aaron Rodgers 1.5 points ahead of Tanner McKee on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Aaron Rodgers and PIT host CLE on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CLE allowed 15.4 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 7 games, the 8th fewest in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 221 yards and 1.6 touchdowns a game against CLE, with 0.7 interceptions a game.

Tanner McKee and PHI visit WAS on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

WAS allowed 22.7 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 6 games, the 2nd most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 266 yards and 2-3 touchdowns a game against WAS, with 0.5 interceptions a game.

By points allowed to the position, Tanner McKee has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Aaron Rodgers is not on the injury report.

Tanner McKee is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Aaron Rodgers played 99 percent of PIT snaps, dropped back 286 times and threw an average of 7.5 air yards per attempt.

Aaron Rodgers, Week 4 against CLE: 72 of 72 snaps, 22 of 40 passes for 299 yards, 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions.

Aaron Rodgers, Week 5 against IND: 58 of 60 snaps, 22 of 31 passes for 235 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 6 yards.

Aaron Rodgers, Week 6 against TB: 79 of 79 snaps, 33 of 47 passes for 253 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception.

Aaron Rodgers, Week 7 against NO: 64 of 64 snaps, 19 of 30 passes for 212 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 8 yards.

Through Week 7, Tanner McKee played 100 percent of PHI snaps, dropped back 86 times and threw an average of 6.7 air yards per attempt.

Tanner McKee, Week 6 against CAR: 64 of 64 snaps, 26 of 45 passes for 215 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 0 yards.

Tanner McKee, Week 7 against DAL: 62 of 62 snaps, 23 of 35 passes for 211 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 1 carry for 1 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Aaron Rodgers played 16 games for PIT and scored 234.1 PPR points, 14.6 a game, finishing QB18.

He completed 327 of 498 passes for 3322 yards, 24 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran 21 times for 61 yards and 1 touchdown.

He was on the field for 95 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Tanner McKee played 4 games for PHI and scored 14.8 PPR points, 3.7 a game, finishing QB55.

He completed 24 of 43 passes for 274 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, and ran 8 times for 8 yards and 0 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 3 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Tanner McKee, Week 18 of 2025 against WAS: 21 of 40 passes for 241 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 2 carries for 3 yards, 12.9 PPR points.

Their other Week 8 calls

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 8, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Tanner McKee for Aaron Rodgers?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Aaron Rodgers projects 131 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (14.5 a game over 9 games), Tanner McKee 124 (13.8 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Aaron Rodgers over Tanner McKee.
Should I drop Aaron Rodgers for Tanner McKee?
No. Keep Aaron Rodgers: he projects 131 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (14.5 a game over 9 games), Tanner McKee 124 (13.8 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Aaron Rodgers over Tanner McKee.

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