2026
2026 season · QB · #18 · 3rd season
J.J. McCarthy
Age 23 · 6'3" · 219 lb · Michigan · Pick 10 overall (2024). Listed QB1 on the 3WR 1TE depth chart. Snap share 46% across 3 games.
- How goodMcCarthy has +7.2 EPA on 54 dropbacks; percentiles arrive once he reaches 50 attempts.
- Where it comes fromThe biggest share comes after the catch (+17.1).
- Fantasy8.9 standard points a game.8.9 half-PPR points a game.8.9 PPR points a game.
- How he's usedJ.J.
- LatelyDropbacks are steady: 17.7 a game over his last three against 17.7 for the season.
- This weekWeek 8 is the bye.
How good is hehis line against the league at his position
| Stat | Value | Rank | League | Pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPA per dropback | +0.20 | |||
| CPOEcompletion over expected | +6.9 | |||
| Sack rateper dropback, lower is better | 8% | |||
| Yards per attempt | 10.1 | |||
| TD rateper attempt | 2% | |||
| INT rateper attempt, lower is better | 2% |
| Stat | Value | Rank | League | Pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depth of targetair yards per attempt | 10.6 | |||
| Rush EPA per game | -1.11 | |||
| Success rate | 41% | |||
| ANY/A | 8.34 | |||
| Total EPA | +7.2 |
Graded once he reaches 50 attempts. 38 quarterbacks qualify so far.
McCarthy scores 8.9 standard points a game, not enough games to rank yet. Most weeks land between 4.2 and 13.9; 0 boom weeks (25+) and 2 busts (under 12). Next up, in Week 9, the Eagles allow the 9th-most standard points to QBs, 19.0 a game.
McCarthy scores 8.9 half-PPR points a game, not enough games to rank yet. Most weeks land between 4.2 and 13.9; 0 boom weeks (25+) and 2 busts (under 12). Next up, in Week 9, the Eagles allow the 9th-most half-PPR points to QBs, 19.0 a game.
McCarthy scores 8.9 PPR points a game, not enough games to rank yet. Most weeks land between 4.2 and 13.9; 0 boom weeks (25+) and 2 busts (under 12). Next up, in Week 9, the Eagles allow the 9th-most PPR points to QBs, 19.0 a game.
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
J.J. gets a fingerprint once he reaches 50 attempts; the bars show his shares so far without a league percentile.
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.
McCarthy has +7.2 EPA on 54 dropbacks; percentiles arrive once he reaches 50 attempts. The biggest share comes after the catch (+17.1).
career -0.20 over 2025 · the best of his 2 seasons so far
How this is measured
Every dropback and run this season, split by what happened. Completions divide at the catch: the yards in the air, and his credited share of what came after (nflverse's air EPA and QB EPA). Per dropback counts scrambles as dropbacks. The percentile is him among the qualifying quarterbacks, higher is better, so a cost smaller than most ranks high. The parts add up to the totals above; the career strip counts seasons with at least 50 attempts.
He throws intermediate right 1.8× as often as the league (14% of his attempts against 7%) and gains +1.54 EPA a throw there.
How this is measured
Every pass attempt with a charted depth and direction this season; sacks and throws with no charted direction are left out. Left and right are as the offense sees the field. Cells with fewer than three throws show no EPA.
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 game
at EaglesLincoln Financial Field
NYG −3.5 · O/U 40.5
His history
First meeting this season
His status
Week 8 is the bye. A soft matchup: the Eagles rank 26th vs the pass, allowing +0.13 EPA per dropback. He has averaged 243 yards a game against bottom-10 defenses this season.
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Snap | Cmp/Att | Yds | TD | INT | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vs DAL W 28-20Did not play | |||||||
| 2 | at LA L 6-28Did not play | |||||||
| 3 | vs TEN W 12-7Did not play | |||||||
| 4 | vs ARI W 36-24Did not play | |||||||
| 5 | at WAS T 27-2717th D | 17th vs the pass | 6% | 0/0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| 6 | vs NO L 27-3423rd D | 23rd vs the pass | 40% | 11/21 | 243 | 1 | 1 | +5.0 |
| 7 | at HOU W 27-2120th D | 20th vs the pass | 92% | 20/28 | 252 | +5.6 | ||
| 8 | Bye week | |||||||
| 9 | at PHISun Nov 8 · next up | |||||||
| 10 | vs WASThu Nov 12 | |||||||
| 11 | vs JAXSun Nov 22 | |||||||
| 12 | at INDSun Nov 29 | |||||||
| 13 | vs SFSun Dec 6 | |||||||
| 14 | at SEASun Dec 13 | |||||||
| 15 | vs CLESun Dec 20 | |||||||
| 16 | at DETMon Dec 28 | |||||||
| 17 | at DALSun Jan 3 | |||||||
| 18 | vs PHISun Jan 10 | |||||||
| 3 games | 46% | 31/49 | 495 | 1 | 1 | +10.5 |
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | EPA/DB | CPOE | aDOT | Sk | Sk % | Rush EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vs DAL W 28-20Did not play | |||||||
| 2 | at LA L 6-28Did not play | |||||||
| 3 | vs TEN W 12-7Did not play | |||||||
| 4 | vs ARI W 36-24Did not play | |||||||
| 5 | at WAS T 27-2717th D | 17th vs the pass | - | - | - | - | -2.8 | |
| 6 | vs NO L 27-3423rd D | 23rd vs the pass | +0.23 | +5.7 | 12.0 | 1 | 5% | +0.3 |
| 7 | at HOU W 27-2120th D | 20th vs the pass | +0.18 | +8.0 | 9.5 | 3 | 10% | -0.9 |
| 8 | Bye week | |||||||
| 9 | at PHISun Nov 8 · next up | |||||||
| 10 | vs WASThu Nov 12 | |||||||
| 11 | vs JAXSun Nov 22 | |||||||
| 12 | at INDSun Nov 29 | |||||||
| 13 | vs SFSun Dec 6 | |||||||
| 14 | at SEASun Dec 13 | |||||||
| 15 | vs CLESun Dec 20 | |||||||
| 16 | at DETMon Dec 28 | |||||||
| 17 | at DALSun Jan 3 | |||||||
| 18 | vs PHISun Jan 10 | |||||||
| 3 games | +0.20 | +6.9 | 10.6 | 4 | 8% | -3.3 |
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | TD | INT | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vs DAL W 28-20Did not play | |||||||||
| 2 | at LA L 6-28Did not play | |||||||||
| 3 | vs TEN W 12-7Did not play | |||||||||
| 4 | vs ARI W 36-24Did not play | |||||||||
| 5 | at WAS T 27-2717th D | 17th vs the pass | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | ||
| 6 | vs NO L 27-3423rd D | 23rd vs the pass | 11 | 21 | 52% | 243 | 11.6 | 1 | 1 | 90.0 |
| 7 | at HOU W 27-2120th D | 20th vs the pass | 20 | 28 | 71% | 252 | 9.0 | 99.1 | ||
| 8 | Bye week | |||||||||
| 9 | at PHISun Nov 8 · next up | |||||||||
| 10 | vs WASThu Nov 12 | |||||||||
| 11 | vs JAXSun Nov 22 | |||||||||
| 12 | at INDSun Nov 29 | |||||||||
| 13 | vs SFSun Dec 6 | |||||||||
| 14 | at SEASun Dec 13 | |||||||||
| 15 | vs CLESun Dec 20 | |||||||||
| 16 | at DETMon Dec 28 | |||||||||
| 17 | at DALSun Jan 3 | |||||||||
| 18 | vs PHISun Jan 10 | |||||||||
| 3 games | 31 | 49 | 63% | 495 | 10.1 | 1 | 1 | 95.2 |
Dropbacks are steady: 17.7 a game over his last three against 17.7 for the season. 3 straight games below a starter's median in dropbacks.
How this is measured
Bars are his week. The shaded band is the league's middle half at his position, every qualifying player-game this season, and the dashed line is its median. The solid line is his trailing three games. An × on the baseline is a game his team played without him; a dotted tick is the bye.
He has faced the 31st-toughest slate vs the pass: his opponents rank 20.0 of 32 on average (league middle 16.6). Ahead: 3 of his next 10 are top-10 vs the pass and 4 are bottom-10, starting with the Eagles (26th, away) in Week 9.
The slate · played solid, ahead dashed
His line by defense faced
| Defenses | G | Att/g | Yds/g | EPA/db |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ranked 1 to 10Top-10 defenses | – | – | – | – |
| 11 to 22Middle | 2 | 14.0 | 126 | +0.18 |
| 23 to 32Bottom-10 | 1 | 21.0 | 243 | +0.23 |
| All games | 3 | 16.3 | 165 | +0.20 |
Yards against the rank of the defense
Too few games to read a pattern yet.
Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year
His best year was 2025, 1,632 passing yards in 10 games with MIN. This season's 165.0 a game puts him on pace for 2,805 over 17, a career high.
| 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 |
| 2026 | NYG | 3 | 31/49 | 63% | 495 | 1 | 1 | 10.1 | 95.2 | +0.20 |
| Career | 2 tm | 13 | 171/292 | 59% | 2,127 | 12 | 13 | 7.3 | 76.4 | -0.13 |
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
- Depth chart
- QB1 · 3WR 1TE
- Injury report
- clean
- Red zone touches
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- Third down
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- Explosive plays
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- CPOE
- +6.9 pts over expected
- Sack rate
- 8%
- Play action
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- Blitzed
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| Player | Touches | Yds | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|
 Cam SkatteboRB | 111 | 494 · 2 TD | -9.3 |
 Malik NabersWR | 70 | 605 · 2 TD | +16.4 |
 Isaiah LikelyTE | 63 | 395 · 5 TD | +14.3 |
 Najee HarrisRB | 32 | 104 | -11.2 |
 Malachi FieldsWR | 30 | 248 · 1 TD | +4.7 |
 Devin SingletaryRB | 27 | 135 · 2 TD | +1.8 |
 Tyrone Tracy Jr.RB | 26 | 109 · 3 TD | -0.1 |
 Darnell MooneyWR | 25 | 145 | +4.7 |