Start Daniel Jones or Tanner McKee? Week 8

Updated Oct 27, 8:41 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 9 answer posts Tuesday.

Start Tanner McKee over Daniel Jones

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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

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Daniel Jones

QB · IND · at JAX

Market projects: 12.7; recent weeks avg
JAX D vs QB: 16.7; 14th fewest to QBs (2026)
Upside: Moderate; 41 of 100 at QB
Snap share: 100%; Through Week 7

Should I drop Tanner McKee for Daniel Jones?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Daniel Jones projects 136 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (15.1 a game over 9 games), Tanner McKee 124 (13.8 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Tanner McKee over Daniel Jones. So make the move after his Week 8 game.

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Our Week 8 call

Start Tanner McKee over Daniel Jones in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Tanner McKee at 13.1 points and Daniel Jones at 12.7, a gap of 0.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. 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. No player market is posted for Daniel Jones this week yet, so his 12.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (10.5, 16.0 and 11.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

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.

No Week 8 player market is posted for Daniel Jones yet. His market-based projections were 10.5, 16.0 and 11.5 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 12.7, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

That puts Tanner McKee 0.4 points ahead of Daniel Jones on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

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.

Daniel Jones and IND visit JAX on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

JAX allowed 16.7 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 6 games, the 14th fewest in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 280 yards and 1.2 touchdowns a game against JAX, with 1.2 interceptions a game.

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

Injury status

Tanner McKee is not on the injury report.

Daniel Jones is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

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.

Through Week 7, Daniel Jones played 100 percent of IND snaps, dropped back 266 times and threw an average of 7.8 air yards per attempt.

Daniel Jones, Week 4 against WAS: 66 of 66 snaps, 19 of 34 passes for 143 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 2 carries for 5 yards.

Daniel Jones, Week 5 against PIT: 71 of 71 snaps, 24 of 44 passes for 267 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 3 carries for 4 yards.

Daniel Jones, Week 6 against TEN: 83 of 83 snaps, 22 of 41 passes for 269 yards, 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions, 3 carries for 30 yards.

Daniel Jones, Week 7 against MIN: 58 of 58 snaps, 13 of 22 passes for 108 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 4 carries for 13 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025, Daniel Jones played 13 games for IND and scored 234.4 PPR points, 18.0 a game, finishing QB17.

He completed 261 of 384 passes for 3101 yards, 19 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran 45 times for 164 yards and 5 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 91 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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 Daniel Jones?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Daniel Jones projects 136 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (15.1 a game over 9 games), Tanner McKee 124 (13.8 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Tanner McKee over Daniel Jones. So make the move after his Week 8 game.
Should I drop Daniel Jones for Tanner McKee?
No. Keep Daniel Jones: he projects 136 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (15.1 a game over 9 games), Tanner McKee 124 (13.8 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Tanner McKee over Daniel Jones.

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