Start Patrick Mahomes. J.J. McCarthy is on a bye, and Patrick Mahomes is projected for 14.9 PPR points vs DEN.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Patrick Mahomes QB · KC | J.J. McCarthy QB · NYG | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 14.9 | — |
| Floor (lowest source) | 11.6 | — |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 16.8 | — |
| StatChasers projection | 15.4 (QB21) | — |
| Opponent | vs DEN | Bye |
| Opponent vs. position | 12th-toughest (16.2 pts/g allowed) | — |
| Recent usage | — | — |
| Position | QB | QB |
| Our call | SIT · Bench | SIT · No projection |
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Start Patrick Mahomes. J.J. McCarthy is on a bye, while Patrick Mahomes projects for 14.9 PPR points vs DEN.
Patrick Mahomes plays DEN 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.
These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets.
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Patrick Mahomes has no injury designation, and J.J. McCarthy is on a bye.
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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). Patrick Mahomes 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.