Should I start Tyler Shough or Brian Robinson in Week 7?

Updated Oct 20, 9:21 AM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

Start Tyler Shough: 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Brian Robinson's 30 percent of the snaps and 32 percent of the carries. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Brian Robinson for Tyler Shough?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Tyler Shough projects 172 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (17.2 a game over 10 games), Brian Robinson 44 (4.4 a game over 10 games).

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

Tyler Shough

QB6 · NO · bye 8

2026 vs pass yds line 4-2

Market-based projection: 17.3 pts a game

Brian Robinson

RB8 · ATL · bye 11

2026 vs carries line 4-2

Market-based projection: 8.3 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 35

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Shough, and the board ranks him 34th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 24.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Brian Robinson, and the board ranks him 35th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Tyler Shough's market-based projection is 17.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 9th highest figure of the 182 players with a market-based projection.

No season market is posted for Brian Robinson, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season through Week 6

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.

Through Week 6, Brian Robinson has been on the field for 33 percent of ATL snaps, taken 31 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 47 third down targets, had 1 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 1.3 air yards.

In Week 4 against NO he carried 14 times for 62 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 5 yards and scored 3 touchdowns.

In Week 5 against BAL he carried 7 times for 16 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CHI he carried 2 times for 1 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Brian Robinson played 17 games and scored 62.5 PPR points, 3.7 a game, finishing RB63.

He carried 92 times for 400 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 8 of 12 targets for 25 more yards.

That came to 5.4 carries a game at 4.3 yards a carry and 0-1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 17 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Brian Robinson was available for 6 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Tyler Shough scored 14.9 PPR points a game and Brian Robinson 3.7, 11.2 a game between them.

Tyler Shough finished QB26 and Brian Robinson RB63, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

Tyler Shough is off in Week 8 and Brian Robinson in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Brian Robinson has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Brian Robinson for Tyler Shough?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Tyler Shough projects 172 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (17.2 a game over 10 games), Brian Robinson 44 (4.4 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Tyler Shough for Brian Robinson?
No. Keep Tyler Shough: he projects 172 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (17.2 a game over 10 games), Brian Robinson 44 (4.4 a game over 10 games).