The Arizona Cardinals will face the New York Jets in Week 10. Here’s the latest fantasy football news and advice to help you with your lineups this week and moving forward, especially regarding QB Kyler Murray.
Is Kyler Murray Playing in Week 10?
Murray is not currently listed on the injury report this week so barring any setbacks, he is on track to play this weekend.
We’ll continue to monitor the Cardinals’ injury report. You can also visit and bookmark our NFL Injury Tracker and Fantasy News Tracker for the latest updates.
Should You Start or Sit Kyler Murray in Week 10?
Five times this season has a QB run for 30 yards or a score against the Jets, and those are the top-five fantasy outputs by a signal caller in this matchup this season. I’ll admit that it’s been a low bar to clear due to the stingy nature of the Jets, but that just further highlights the need for versatility.
Kyler Murray has had his ups and downs this season, but he has found a way to record five QB1 finishes, and I think he will make it six this weekend, even in a less-than-ideal spot. Against the best yards-per-play defense in the league.
Murray has a 20-yard scamper in five games this season and is pacing for the second-best yards per pass attempt season of his career. If you believe that Aaron Rodgers figured things out last week, then you believe that Murray will be in catch-up mode, and I’m perfectly fine with that.
Are you looking for start/sit advice for other players in your lineup? Read our Week 10 Fantasy Start-Sit Advice Cheat Sheet for every fantasy-relevant player in every game.
Kyler Murray’s Fantasy Points Projection in Week 10
As of Sunday, Murray is projected to score 17.7 fantasy points in Week 10. This includes 208.5 passing yards, 1.2 passing touchdowns, and 0.5 interceptions. It also includes 5.2 rushing attempts for 31.5 yards and 0.3 touchdowns.
Check out the free PFN Fantasy Start-Sit Optimizer for the latest projections and advice for your lineups this week.
PFN Insights on the New York Jets’ Defense
Following Robert Saleh’s firing, the New York Jets put together a poor stretch of defensive performances despite not facing a gauntlet of opposing offenses. That had seen them slide from near the top of these rankings to outside of the top five.
However, they bounced back with superb performances against an injury-hit Houston Texans offense. The Jets ranked second in Week 9, which was their best performance since Week 3.
The Jets have struggled in a couple of areas this year, with the run game and forcing turnovers needing to be their biggest focus for the remainder of the year.
The run game is the bigger short-term issue because their turnover percentage is more often a secondary result of getting the other areas right. Their run defense ranking in the bottom 10 will make it tough for them to control games in the second half of the season.
For more insight on all other team defenses, head to our PFN Defense+ Metric Analysis.
Kyler Murray’s Fantasy Ranking
Our Weekly Consensus PPR Rankings are below — both positional and overall. They were last updated at 11:45 PM ET on Saturday, January 25.
Conference Championship QB PPR Rankings
1) Josh Allen | BUF (at KC)
2) Jalen Hurts | PHI (vs. WAS)
3) Jayden Daniels | WAS (at PHI)
4) Patrick Mahomes | KC (vs. BUF)
New York Jets at Arizona Cardinals Insights
New York Jets
Team: New York is allowing the second-fewest yards per pass after the completion this season (4.4, league average: 5.3).
QB: The Jets own the highest red zone pass rate in the league this season (59.3%, league average: 34.2%).
Offense: New York is making minor strides in converting third downs. In Weeks 4-5, they picked up just 26.5% of their third downs, a rate that rose to 31.8% in Weeks 6-7 and to 40.9% over the past two weeks.
Defense: A league-high 45.6% of yards gained against the Jets come on the ground (league average: 35.6%).
Fantasy: Garrett Wilson’s aDOT is 35.2% higher when Davante Adams is on the field than when he’s not – something that adds both upside (like what we saw on Thursday night against the Texans) and downside into his fantasy profile.
Betting: The Jets have failed to cover three straight road games (cumulative cover margin in those games: -38) and eight of their past 10.
Arizona Cardinals
Team: Arizona is 5-4 this season after winning just five of their previous 27 games.
QB: Three times over the past month, Kyler Murray failed to rush for 20 yards (prior to this stretch, 49.4 rush yards per game).
Offense: Arizona averages 4.78 runs per game of 10-plus yards, a figure that sits behind only Lamar Jackson’s Ravens through nine weeks.
Defense: The Cardinals have the second-worst third-down defense in the NFL (48.2%, only one-tenth of a point ahead of the Panthers).
Fantasy: James Conner continues to be a good story, but be careful – his fantasy points per touch is pacing to decline for a third straight season (every year of his Arizona career) and this is still ap layer who has missed multiple games in every season entering 2024.
Betting: The Cardinals are 2-5 ATS (28.6%) in their last seven games when their opponent enters on extended rest (the Jets beat the Texans last Thursday night).
