Start Daniel Jones or Tanner McKee? Week 9
Updated Nov 3, 5:21 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 10 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Daniel Jones over Tanner McKee
- Market projects
- 12.9
- recent weeks avg
- DAL D vs QB
- 20.0
- 8th most to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 100%
- Through Week 8
- Market projects
- 12.6
- recent weeks avg
- NYG D vs QB
- 20.4
- 6th most to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 100%
- Through Week 8
Should I drop Tanner McKee for Daniel Jones?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Daniel Jones projects 119 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (14.9 a game over 8 games), Tanner McKee 106 (13.2 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Daniel Jones over Tanner McKee.
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Our Week 9 call
Start Daniel Jones over Tanner McKee in Week 9.
Market-based projections have Daniel Jones at 12.9 points and Tanner McKee at 12.6, 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 Daniel Jones this week yet, so his 12.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (16.0, 11.5 and 11.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Tanner McKee this week yet, so his 12.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (12.4, 13.7 and 11.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.
What the market projects
No Week 9 player market is posted for Daniel Jones yet. His market-based projections were 16.0, 11.5 and 11.3 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 12.9, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
No Week 9 player market is posted for Tanner McKee yet. His market-based projections were 12.5, 13.7 and 11.5 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 12.6, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
That puts Daniel Jones 0.4 points ahead of Tanner McKee on these projections.
Week 9 matchups
Daniel Jones and IND host DAL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
DAL allowed 20.0 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 7 games, the 8th most in the league.
Quarterbacks threw for 235 yards and 1.7 touchdowns a game against DAL, with 0.3 interceptions a game.
Tanner McKee and PHI host NYG on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
NYG allowed 20.4 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 7 games, the 6th most in the league.
Quarterbacks threw for 192 yards and 2.0 touchdowns a game against NYG, with 0.9 interceptions a game.
By points allowed to the position, Tanner McKee has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Daniel Jones is not on the injury report.
Tanner McKee is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 9
Through Week 8, Daniel Jones played 100 percent of IND snaps, dropped back 299 times and threw an average of 7.5 air yards per attempt.
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.
Daniel Jones, Week 8 against JAX: 19 of 28 passes for 144 yards, 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions, 3 carries for 8 yards.
Through Week 8, Tanner McKee played 100 percent of PHI snaps, dropped back 129 times and threw an average of 6.6 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.
Tanner McKee, Week 8 against WAS: 23 of 34 passes for 212 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 4 carries for 25 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
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.
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.
Their other Week 9 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 9, 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 119 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (14.9 a game over 8 games), Tanner McKee 106 (13.2 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Daniel Jones over Tanner McKee.
Should I drop Daniel Jones for Tanner McKee?
No. Keep Daniel Jones: he projects 119 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (14.9 a game over 8 games), Tanner McKee 106 (13.2 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Daniel Jones over Tanner McKee.
Week 9 on the board
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