Start Geno Smith or Tanner McKee? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Geno Smith over Tanner McKee in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Geno Smith at 13.3 points and Tanner McKee at 13.1, a gap of 0.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Geno Smith this week yet, so his 13.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (14.2, 10.6 and 15.0); 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 Geno Smith yet. His market-based projections were 14.2, 10.6 and 15.0 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 13.3, 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 Geno Smith 0.2 points ahead of Tanner McKee on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Geno Smith and NYJ host LV on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

LV allowed 20.8 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 7 games, the 5th most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 245 yards and 2.3 touchdowns a game against LV, 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

Geno Smith is not on the injury report.

Tanner McKee is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Geno Smith played 100 percent of NYJ snaps, dropped back 237 times and threw an average of 6.8 air yards per attempt.

Geno Smith, Week 4 against CHI: 32 of 32 snaps, 8 of 15 passes for 119 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions.

Geno Smith, Week 5 against CLE: 70 of 70 snaps, 17 of 30 passes for 182 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 3 carries for 9 yards.

Geno Smith, Week 6 against NE: 62 of 62 snaps, 20 of 30 passes for 252 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 1 carry for 0 yards.

Geno Smith, Week 7 against MIA: 59 of 59 snaps, 23 of 30 passes for 287 yards, 3 touchdowns and 1 interception, 1 carry for 1 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, Geno Smith played 15 games for LV and scored 190.9 PPR points, 12.7 a game, finishing QB23.

He completed 302 of 448 passes for 3025 yards, 19 touchdowns and 17 interceptions, and ran 41 times for 109 yards and 0 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 97 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

• Start Aaron Rodgers over Geno Smith.
• Start Bo Nix over Geno Smith.
• Start Geno Smith over Cam Ward.
• Start Aaron Rodgers over Tanner McKee.
• Start Tanner McKee over Cam Ward.
• Start Tanner McKee over Daniel Jones.