Should I start Ashton Jeanty or Tyler Shough in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ashton Jeanty, and the board ranks him 76th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 8; 2QB: ADP 25.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Shough, and the board ranks him 79th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 24.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Ashton Jeanty is 4.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Tyler Shough's market-based projection is 17.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 16th highest figure of the 194 players with a market-based projection.

Ashton Jeanty's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Ashton Jeanty has been on the field for 70 percent of LV snaps, taken 66 percent of the carries, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 44 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 9 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 36 two minute targets.

His 36 targets have averaged 1.9 air yards.

In Week 4 against KC he carried 15 times for 58 yards, caught 6 of 8 targets for 68 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NE he carried 10 times for 27 yards, caught 3 of 6 targets for 50 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against BUF he carried 10 times for 22 yards, caught 4 of 6 targets for 36 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Tyler Shough has been on the field for 100 percent of NO snaps, dropped back 255 times and thrown 7.8 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 37 of 255 dropbacks and scrambled 8 times.

In Week 4 against ATL he completed 30 of 48 passes for 286 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 5 yards.

In Week 5 against MIN he completed 16 of 25 passes for 96 yards and threw 0 touchdowns and 2 interceptions.

In Week 6 against NYG he completed 16 of 30 passes for 144 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 33 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Ashton Jeanty played 17 games and scored 245.1 PPR points, 14.4 a game, finishing RB11.

He carried 266 times for 975 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 55 of 73 targets for 346 more yards.

That came to 15.6 carries a game at 3.7 yards a carry and 3.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Tyler Shough played 11 games and scored 164.0 PPR points, 14.9 a game, finishing QB26.

He threw for 2384 yards on 327 attempts with 10 touchdowns and 6 interceptions, and ran for 186 yards and 3 touchdowns.

That came to 29.7 attempts a game at 7.3 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 51 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ashton Jeanty was available for 6 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Tyler Shough scored 14.9 PPR points a game and Ashton Jeanty 14.4, 0.5 a game between them.

Ashton Jeanty finished RB11 and Tyler Shough QB26, which are two different ladders.

Ashton Jeanty is a running back and Tyler Shough a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Ashton Jeanty is off in Week 13 and Tyler Shough in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Ashton Jeanty has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.