Cam Ward vs. J.J. McCarthy: Who Should You Start in Week 8?

Start Cam Ward. J.J. McCarthy is on a bye, and Cam Ward is projected for 12.0 PPR points vs CIN.

Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET

Cam Ward vs. J.J. McCarthy: Week 8 side by side

Cam Ward
QB · TEN
J.J. McCarthy
QB · NYG
Projection (Week 8, avg of sources)12.0—
Floor (lowest source)9.4—
Ceiling (highest source)14.2—
StatChasers projection13.4 (QB26)—
Opponentvs CINBye
Opponent vs. position16th-toughest (17.1 pts/g allowed)—
Recent usage——
PositionQBQB
Our callSIT · BenchSIT · No projection

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Cam Ward vs. J.J. McCarthy Week 8 Start/Sit FAQ

Should I start Cam Ward or J.J. McCarthy in Week 8?

Start Cam Ward. J.J. McCarthy is on a bye, while Cam Ward projects for 12.0 PPR points vs CIN.

Who has the better matchup in Week 8, Cam Ward or J.J. McCarthy?

Cam Ward plays CIN 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 Cam Ward 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 Cam Ward and J.J. McCarthy playing in Week 8?

Cam Ward 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 Cam Ward 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). Cam Ward 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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