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2025 season · QB · #9 · 2nd season

J.J. McCarthy

Age 23 · 6'3" · 202 lb · Michigan · Pick 10 overall (2024). Snap share 92% across 10 games.

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Attempts

243

24.3 per game

33rd of 56

Completion

58%

-4.8 over expected

51st of 56

Pass yards

1632

6.7 per attempt

33rd of 56

TD / INT

11 / 12

80 first downs

29th of 56

EPA / dropback

-0.20

-54.1 total

48th of 56

Sacks

10% of dropbacks

48th of 56

Rush

181 yds

37 carries · 4 TD

19th of 56

ANY/A

4.31

net yds per dropback

47th of 56

The short version

How goodMcCarthy's -47.3 EPA is 51st of 56 quarterbacks.
Where it comes fromThe biggest share comes after the catch (+104.8, 42nd percentile per dropback).
Fantasy12.5 standard points a game, QB26 of 35.12.5 half-PPR points a game, QB26 of 35.12.5 PPR points a game, QB26 of 35.
How he's usedThe blitz gets to him: -0.45 EPA a dropback when blitzed against not (league +0.05).
LatelyDropbacks are steady: 21.3 a game over his last three against 27 for the season.

How good is hehis line against the league at his position

Scorecard · among 56 quarterbacks with 50 attempts+League percentiles

Stat	Value	Rank	Pctl
EPA per dropback	-0.20	48th of 56	15th
CPOEcompletion over expected	-4.8	46th of 56	19th
Sack rateper dropback, lower is better	10%	48th of 56	15th
Yards per attempt	6.7	31st of 56	46th
TD rateper attempt	5%	22nd of 56	62nd
INT rateper attempt, lower is better	5%	53rd of 56	6th

Stat	Value	Rank	Pctl
Depth of targetair yards per attempt	8.8	9th of 56	85th
Rush EPA per game	+0.68	23rd of 56	60th
Success rate	42%	42nd of 56	26th
ANY/A	4.31	47th of 56	17th
Total EPA	-47.3	51st of 56	10th

How this is measured

Each bar is the league at his position; the marker is him. Right is better, the dashed line is the median. Ranks are out of the qualifying pool, ties shown as T-, and move every week as the pool changes.

Fantasy · points, rank, range and the next matchup

McCarthy scores 12.5 standard points a game, QB26 of 35 QBs with enough games. Most weeks land between 5.4 and 20.8; 0 boom weeks (25+) and 5 busts (under 12).

Points a game12.5QB26 of 35

Season125.4QB32 · 10 games

Most weeks5.4–20.8his middle 60% of games

Booms · busts0 · 525+ · under 12

QB12 · 17.51××4××7×10×1316×1922

McCarthy scores 12.5 half-PPR points a game, QB26 of 35 QBs with enough games. Most weeks land between 5.4 and 20.8; 0 boom weeks (25+) and 5 busts (under 12).

Points a game12.5QB26 of 35

Season125.4QB32 · 10 games

Most weeks5.4–20.8his middle 60% of games

Booms · busts0 · 525+ · under 12

QB12 · 17.51××4××7×10×1316×1922

McCarthy scores 12.5 PPR points a game, QB26 of 35 QBs with enough games. Most weeks land between 5.4 and 20.8; 0 boom weeks (25+) and 5 busts (under 12).

Points a game12.5QB26 of 35

Season125.4QB32 · 10 games

Most weeks5.4–20.8his middle 60% of games

Booms · busts0 · 525+ · under 12

QB12 · 17.51××4××7×10×1316×1922

How this is measured

Fantasy points are nflverse's standard and full-PPR scoring (6 points for a rushing or receiving touchdown, 4 for a passing touchdown, minus 2 for an interception or a lost fumble); half PPR is the average of the two. Ranks are points a game among players at his position with at least half the most games played. Most weeks is his 20th to 80th percentile game. Bars are green on a boom week and red on a bust; the dashed line is the starter line, the points a game of the QB12 in a 12-team league. The format you pick is remembered on this device.

How he's usedhis fingerprint, where the ball finds him and when

Playstylehow he is used, against the league at his positionamong 56 quarterbacks

The blitz gets to him: -0.45 EPA a dropback when blitzed against not (league +0.05). Play action is a staple: 28% of his attempts come off a fake (league 22%). He works under center more than most: 74% of his dropbacks come from the gun (league 84%).

Blitz himAgainst the blitz -0.45 · 3rd pctlPlay-action passerPlay action 28% · 88th pctlUnder centerShotgun 74% · 12th pctl

TraitLeague · line is the medianHimPctl

Deep shareattempts 20+ yards downfield

14%

85th

Middle of the fieldattempts between the numbers

18%

28th

Play actionshare of attempts

28%

88th

RPOshare of dropbacks

72nd

TraitLeague · line is the medianHimPctl

Scramblesshare of dropbacks

58th

Shotgunshare of dropbacks

74%

12th

Against the blitzEPA per dropback, blitzed minus not

-0.45

3rd

Motiondropbacks with pre-snap motion

51%

38th

How this is measured

Every trait is a share of his own dropbacks, so volume does not move it. The marker is him among the league's qualifying quarterbacks; the dashed line is the median. Styles are not grades: a high or low percentile is a description, not a verdict. Play action, screen, RPO, motion and blitz flags come from FTN charting and read low in a week it has not published.

Week by weekthe shape of his season, the game log and the defenses behind it

Game logall 22 weeks

Wk	Opponent	Defense	Snap	Cmp/Att	Yds	TD	INT	EPA
1	at CHI W 27-2419th D	19th vs the pass	100%	13/20	143	2	1	-9.8
2	vs ATL L 6-2213th D	13th vs the pass	100%	11/21	158		2	-18.0
3	vs CIN W 48-10Did not play · Out (ankle)
4	at PIT L 21-24Did not play · Out (ankle)
5	at CLE W 21-17Did not play · Out (ankle)
6	Bye week
7	vs PHI L 22-28Did not play · Questionable (ankle)
8	at LAC L 10-37Did not play · Questionable (ankle)
9	at DET W 27-2414th D	14th vs the pass	100%	14/25	143	2	1	-7.4
10	vs BAL L 19-2721st D	21st vs the pass	100%	20/42	248	1	2	-9.9
11	vs CHI L 17-1919th D	19th vs the pass	100%	16/32	150	1	2	-13.1
12	at GB L 6-2323rd D	23rd vs the pass	100%	12/19	87		2	-16.5
13	at SEA L 0-26Did not play · Out (concussion)
14	vs WAS W 31-030th D	30th vs the pass	100%	16/23	163	3		+9.3
15	at DAL W 34-2631st D	31st vs the pass	100%	15/24	250	2	1	+12.0
16	at NYG W 16-1316th D	16th vs the pass	52%	9/14	108		1	-8.3
17	vs DET W 23-10Did not play · Out (hand)
18	vs GB W 16-323rd D	23rd vs the pass	64%	14/23	182			+7.6
19	Bye week
20	Bye week
21	Bye week
22	Bye week
	10 games		92%	140/243	1632	11	12	-54.1

Wk	Opponent	Defense	EPA/DB	CPOE	aDOT	Sk	Sk %	Rush EPA
1	at CHI W 27-2419th D	19th vs the pass	-0.43	-3.3	5.9	3	13%	+3.4
2	vs ATL L 6-2213th D	13th vs the pass	-0.67	-11.1	12.0	6	22%	-1.9
3	vs CIN W 48-10Did not play · Out (ankle)
4	at PIT L 21-24Did not play · Out (ankle)
5	at CLE W 21-17Did not play · Out (ankle)
6	Bye week
7	vs PHI L 22-28Did not play · Questionable (ankle)
8	at LAC L 10-37Did not play · Questionable (ankle)
9	at DET W 27-2414th D	14th vs the pass	-0.25	-0.1	10.3	5	17%	+1.2
10	vs BAL L 19-2721st D	21st vs the pass	-0.23	-11.6	10.9	1	2%	+0.0
11	vs CHI L 17-1919th D	19th vs the pass	-0.41	-15.2	9.7		0%	0.0
12	at GB L 6-2323rd D	23rd vs the pass	-0.69	-4.2	5.3	5	21%	-0.4
13	at SEA L 0-26Did not play · Out (concussion)
14	vs WAS W 31-030th D	30th vs the pass	+0.34	+0.1	6.7	4	15%	-1.7
15	at DAL W 34-2631st D	31st vs the pass	+0.50	+1.7	10.4		0%	+3.0
16	at NYG W 16-1316th D	16th vs the pass	-0.49	-3.6	5.1	3	18%	+3.8
17	vs DET W 23-10Did not play · Out (hand)
18	vs GB W 16-323rd D	23rd vs the pass	+0.33	-0.7	7.6		0%	-0.5
19	Bye week
20	Bye week
21	Bye week
22	Bye week
	10 games		-0.20	-4.8	8.8	27	10%	+6.8

Wk	Opponent	Defense	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	TD	INT	Rate
1	at CHI W 27-2419th D	19th vs the pass	13	20	65%	143	7.2	2	1	98.5
2	vs ATL L 6-2213th D	13th vs the pass	11	21	52%	158	7.5		2	37.5
3	vs CIN W 48-10Did not play · Out (ankle)
4	at PIT L 21-24Did not play · Out (ankle)
5	at CLE W 21-17Did not play · Out (ankle)
6	Bye week
7	vs PHI L 22-28Did not play · Questionable (ankle)
8	at LAC L 10-37Did not play · Questionable (ankle)
9	at DET W 27-2414th D	14th vs the pass	14	25	56%	143	5.7	2	1	82.6
10	vs BAL L 19-2721st D	21st vs the pass	20	42	48%	248	5.9	1	2	54.5
11	vs CHI L 17-1919th D	19th vs the pass	16	32	50%	150	4.7	1	2	47.7
12	at GB L 6-2323rd D	23rd vs the pass	12	19	63%	87	4.6		2	34.2
13	at SEA L 0-26Did not play · Out (concussion)
14	vs WAS W 31-030th D	30th vs the pass	16	23	70%	163	7.1	3		129.2
15	at DAL W 34-2631st D	31st vs the pass	15	24	63%	250	10.4	2	1	108.0
16	at NYG W 16-1316th D	16th vs the pass	9	14	64%	108	7.7		1	58.0
17	vs DET W 23-10Did not play · Out (hand)
18	vs GB W 16-323rd D	23rd vs the pass	14	23	61%	182	7.9			85.8
19	Bye week
20	Bye week
21	Bye week
22	Bye week
	10 games		140	243	58%	1632	6.7	11	12	72.6

Who he's faceddefenses ranked vs the pass10 played · 0 ahead

He has faced the 33rd-toughest slate vs the pass: his opponents rank 20.9 of 32 on average (league middle 16.7).

The slate · played solid, ahead dashed

AT CHI19vs the pass

VS ATL13vs the pass

VS CIN28vs the pass

AT PIT17vs the pass

AT CLE3vs the pass

WK 6—bye

VS PHI8vs the pass

AT LAC10vs the pass

AT DET14vs the pass

VS BAL21vs the pass

VS CHI19vs the pass

AT GB23vs the pass

AT SEA5vs the pass

VS WAS30vs the pass

AT DAL31vs the pass

AT NYG16vs the pass

VS DET14vs the pass

VS GB23vs the pass

WK 19—bye

WK 20—bye

WK 21—bye

WK 22—bye

Top 10, tough11 to 2223 to 32, softNumber is the defense's rank vs the pass, season to date. Dashed cells are still to play; the red outline is this week.

His line by defense faced

Defenses	G	Att/g	Yds/g	EPA/db
ranked 1 to 10Top-10 defenses	–	–	–	–
11 to 22Middle	6	25.7	158	-0.39
23 to 32Bottom-10	4	22.3	171	+0.13
All games	10	24.3	163	-0.20

Yards against the rank of the defense

How this is measured

His yards climb as the defense gets softer (r = 0.44): the schedule has been doing some of the work.

Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year

Career · regular season1 season

10Games

243Attempts

1,632Yards

11TD

12INT

2025 to 2025 · 1 season · 1 team

First season: 10 games in, 1,632 passing yards, a 17-game pace of 2,774.

Season	Team	G	Cmp/Att	Pct	Yds	TD	INT	Y/A	Rating	EPA/db
2025	MIN	10	140/243	58%	1,632	11	12	6.7	72.6	-0.20
Career	1 tm	10	140/243	58%	1,632	11	12	6.7	72.6	-0.20

How this is measured

Regular season only, from nflverse weekly stats back to 1999. This season is partial and drawn hollow; the pace is his per-game rate over 17 games. Bold cells are career highs.

Intel & playsthe report, his best snaps, his teammates

IntelWeek 22

Depth chart: not listed
Injury report: clean
Red zone touches: …
Third down: …
Explosive plays: …
CPOE: -4.8 pts over expected
Sack rate: 10%
Play action: …
Blitzed: …

Best plays · by EPA

Teammates · share of the ball

Player	Touches	Yds	EPA
Jordan MasonRB	175	809 · 6 TD	-10.4
Aaron JonesRB	173	747 · 3 TD	-9.9
Justin JeffersonWR	143	1055 · 2 TD	-13.9
Jordan AddisonWR	81	691 · 4 TD	+21.8
T.J. HockensonTE	67	438 · 3 TD	+13.0
Jalen NailorWR	55	457 · 4 TD	+10.3
Zavier ScottRB	48	212 · 1 TD	-9.8
Ty ChandlerRB	21	58	-6.3

J.J. McCarthy

How good is hehis line against the league at his position

How he's usedhis fingerprint, where the ball finds him and when

On the field

By depth of target

Who he works withthe connection, and the rest of the huddle

By depth

Week by weekthe shape of his season, the game log and the defenses behind it

The slate · played solid, ahead dashed

His line by defense faced

Yards against the rank of the defense

Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year

Intel & playsthe report, his best snaps, his teammates

9J.J. McCarthy

How good is hehis line against the league at his position

How he's usedhis fingerprint, where the ball finds him and when

On the field

By depth of target

Who he works withthe connection, and the rest of the huddle

By depth

Week by weekthe shape of his season, the game log and the defenses behind it

The slate · played solid, ahead dashed

His line by defense faced

Yards against the rank of the defense

Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year

Intel & playsthe report, his best snaps, his teammates

J.J. McCarthy