Start J.J. McCarthy or Jordan Love? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start J.J. McCarthy over Jordan Love in Week 10.

Market-based projections have J.J. McCarthy at 16.0 points and Jordan Love at 15.7, a gap of 0.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Jordan Love this week yet, so his 15.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (18.1, 16.9 and 12.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 16.0 fantasy points for J.J. McCarthy, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for J.J. McCarthy is 212 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 19 rushing yards and 0.2 rushing touchdowns (13, 14, 12 and 12 market sources).

No Week 10 player market is posted for Jordan Love yet. His market-based projections were 18.1, 16.9 and 12.2 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 15.7, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

That puts J.J. McCarthy 0.3 points ahead of Jordan Love on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

J.J. McCarthy and NYG host WAS on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

WAS allowed 20.6 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 7 games, the 3rd most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 258 yards and 2.1 touchdowns a game against WAS, with 0.6 interceptions a game.

Jordan Love and GB host MIN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

MIN allowed 8.9 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 7 games, the fewest in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 180 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against MIN, with 1.1 interceptions a game.

By points allowed to the position, J.J. McCarthy has the softer matchup.

Injury status

J.J. McCarthy is listed as questionable with a undisclosed injury.

Jordan Love is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, J.J. McCarthy played 49 percent of NYG snaps, dropped back 75 times and threw an average of 11.5 air yards per attempt.

J.J. McCarthy, Week 5 against WAS: 5 of 89 snaps, 0 of 0 passes for 0 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 2 yards.

J.J. McCarthy, Week 6 against NO: 31 of 77 snaps, 11 of 17 passes for 243 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 2 carries for 26 yards.

J.J. McCarthy, Week 7 against HOU: 61 of 66 snaps, 20 of 27 passes for 252 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 1 yards.

J.J. McCarthy, Week 9 against PHI: 51 of 67 snaps, 12 of 19 passes for 127 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 3 carries for 23 yards.

Through Week 9, Jordan Love played 98 percent of GB snaps, dropped back 360 times and threw an average of 9.5 air yards per attempt.

Jordan Love, Week 6 against DAL: 75 of 75 snaps, 23 of 41 passes for 276 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 2 carries for 14 yards.

Jordan Love, Week 7 against DET: 67 of 67 snaps, 27 of 45 passes for 274 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception.

Jordan Love, Week 8 against CAR: 69 of 69 snaps, 30 of 41 passes for 288 yards, 3 touchdowns and 1 interception.

Jordan Love, Week 9 against NE: 58 of 66 snaps, 23 of 29 passes for 372 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 13 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, J.J. McCarthy played 10 games for MIN and scored 137.4 PPR points, 13.7 a game, finishing QB30.

He completed 140 of 243 passes for 1632 yards, 11 touchdowns and 12 interceptions, and ran 37 times for 181 yards and 4 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 94 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Jordan Love played 15 games for GB and scored 241.1 PPR points, 16.1 a game, finishing QB15.

He completed 291 of 439 passes for 3381 yards, 23 touchdowns and 6 interceptions, and ran 47 times for 199 yards and 0 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 94 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Aaron Rodgers over J.J. McCarthy.
• Start Brock Purdy over J.J. McCarthy.
• Start J.J. McCarthy over Bryce Young.
• Start Jordan Love over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Jordan Love over Bryce Young.
• Start Jordan Love over Cam Ward.