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Week 7 · Standard start/sit

Start J.J. McCarthy or Sam Darnold?

Final · Week 7

Darnold outscored McCarthy

Our call was start Darnold (65%): right by 3.8 Standard pts.

McCarthy 10.2 Projected 4.7
Darnold 14.0 Projected 13.8

How did all our Week 7 projections do?

QB Giants QB #28

J.J. McCarthy

@ Houston Texans · Final · NYG 27–21 HOU

Median (Standard) 4.7
Status Active
QB Seahawks QB #23 Start

Sam Darnold

vs Kansas City Chiefs · Final · KC 3–20 SEA

Median (Standard) 13.8
Status Active

Last 4 games

Recent form

  • McCarthy: 8.9 Standard pts/game over his last 3, 23% of snaps, HOU allows the 11th most to QBs.
  • Darnold: 11.7 Standard pts/game over his last 4, 100% of snaps, KC allows the 30th most to QBs.
McCarthy Opp Pts Snaps Att
Wk 7 @ HOU 10.2 – 28
Wk 6 vs NO 16.3 40% 21
Wk 5 @ WAS 0.2 6% 0
Darnold Opp Pts Snaps Att
Wk 7 vs KC 14.0 – 28
Wk 6 @ DEN 11.0 100% 51
Wk 5 vs SF 8.3 100% 29
Wk 4 vs LAC 13.3 100% 22

Week 7

Projected stat lines

Stat McCarthy Darnold
Median Standard pts 4.7 13.8
Pass Yds 107.6 222.7
Pass TD 0.6 1.3
INT 0.7 0.8
Rush Yds 13.0 10.9
Rush TD 0.1 0.1

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