Baker Mayfield vs. J.J. McCarthy: Who Should You Start in Week 8?

Start Baker Mayfield. J.J. McCarthy is on a bye, and Baker Mayfield is projected for 15.3 PPR points vs ATL.

Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET

Baker Mayfield vs. J.J. McCarthy: Week 8 side by side

Baker Mayfield
QB · TB
J.J. McCarthy
QB · NYG
Projection (Week 8, avg of sources)15.3—
Floor (lowest source)12.9—
Ceiling (highest source)16.5—
StatChasers projection16.5 (QB16)—
Opponentvs ATLBye
Opponent vs. position13th-softest (18.0 pts/g allowed)—
Recent usage——
PositionQBQB
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Baker Mayfield vs. J.J. McCarthy Week 8 Start/Sit FAQ

Should I start Baker Mayfield or J.J. McCarthy in Week 8?

Start Baker Mayfield. J.J. McCarthy is on a bye, while Baker Mayfield projects for 15.3 PPR points vs ATL.

Who has the better matchup in Week 8, Baker Mayfield or J.J. McCarthy?

Baker Mayfield plays ATL and J.J. McCarthy is on a bye in Week 8.

Each projection already accounts for the opponent, so a soft matchup is a tiebreaker, not a reason to bench the higher projection.

Does PPR scoring change Baker Mayfield vs. J.J. McCarthy?

These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets.

Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.

Are Baker Mayfield and J.J. McCarthy playing in Week 8?

Baker Mayfield has no injury designation, and J.J. McCarthy is on a bye.

Designations change through the week, so check again before kickoff; this page updates with each refresh.

Where do the Baker Mayfield and J.J. McCarthy projections come from?

Each figure is the average of the projection sources that carry the player this week: StatChasers, Sleeper, ESPN, numberFire, FFToday and the betting markets (sportsbook player props). Baker Mayfield is projected by 6 of them and J.J. McCarthy by 0.

A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.

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