Malik Willis vs. J.J. McCarthy: Who Should You Start in Week 8?

Start Malik Willis. J.J. McCarthy is on a bye, and Malik Willis is projected for 15.3 PPR points vs NE.

Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET

Malik Willis vs. J.J. McCarthy: Week 8 side by side

Malik Willis
QB · MIA
J.J. McCarthy
QB · NYG
Projection (Week 8, avg of sources)15.3—
Floor (lowest source)13.7—
Ceiling (highest source)16.5—
StatChasers projection16.5 (QB17)—
Opponentvs NEBye
Opponent vs. position10th-toughest (15.7 pts/g allowed)—
Recent usage——
PositionQBQB
Our callSIT · BenchSIT · No projection

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Malik Willis vs. J.J. McCarthy Week 8 Start/Sit FAQ

Should I start Malik Willis or J.J. McCarthy in Week 8?

Start Malik Willis. J.J. McCarthy is on a bye, while Malik Willis projects for 15.3 PPR points vs NE.

Who has the better matchup in Week 8, Malik Willis or J.J. McCarthy?

Malik Willis plays NE 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 Malik Willis 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 Malik Willis and J.J. McCarthy playing in Week 8?

Malik Willis 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 Malik Willis 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). Malik Willis 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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