Start J.J. McCarthy or Tyler Shough? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Tyler Shough over J.J. McCarthy in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Tyler Shough at 16.6 points and J.J. McCarthy at 16.0, a gap of 0.6. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Tyler Shough this week yet, so his 16.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 9 (16.0 and 17.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 10 player market is posted for Tyler Shough yet. His market-based projections were 16.0 and 17.3 points in Weeks 7 and 9, an average of 16.6, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

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 211 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 19 rushing yards and 0.2 rushing touchdowns (13, 14, 12 and 12 market sources).

That puts Tyler Shough 0.6 points ahead of J.J. McCarthy on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Tyler Shough and NO host CAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CAR allowed 17.4 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 7 games, the 15th fewest in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 220 yards and 1.4 touchdowns a game against CAR, with 0.6 interceptions a game.

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.

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

Injury status

Tyler Shough is not on the injury report.

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

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Tyler Shough played 100 percent of NO snaps, dropped back 341 times and threw an average of 7.7 air yards per attempt.

Tyler Shough, Week 5 against MIN: 45 of 45 snaps, 16 of 25 passes for 96 yards, 0 touchdowns and 2 interceptions.

Tyler Shough, Week 6 against NYG: 70 of 72 snaps, 16 of 30 passes for 144 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 4 carries for 33 yards.

Tyler Shough, Week 7 against PIT: 57 of 57 snaps, 30 of 38 passes for 278 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 3 carries for 7 yards.

Tyler Shough, Week 9 against CLE: 75 of 75 snaps, 21 of 35 passes for 265 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 9 carries for 52 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Tyler Shough played 11 games for NO and scored 164.0 PPR points, 14.9 a game, finishing QB26.

He completed 221 of 327 passes for 2384 yards, 10 touchdowns and 6 interceptions, and ran 45 times for 186 yards and 3 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 51 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Tyler Shough over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Brock Purdy over Tyler Shough.
• Start Tyler Shough over Bryce Young.
• Start Aaron Rodgers over J.J. McCarthy.
• Start Brock Purdy over J.J. McCarthy.
• Start J.J. McCarthy over Bryce Young.