Should I start Brock Purdy or Tyler Shough in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Brock Purdy, and the board ranks him 8th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Shough, and the board ranks him 104th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 24.

The market-based projections

Brock Purdy's market-based projection is 19.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 7 market sources. That is the 6th highest figure of the 208 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Tyler Shough is 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Brock Purdy has been on the field for 97 percent of SF snaps, dropped back 261 times and thrown 8.1 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 29 of 261 dropbacks and scrambled 19 times.

In Week 6 against WAS he completed 21 of 29 passes for 264 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 28 yards.

In Week 7 against ATL he completed 27 of 39 passes for 288 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 2 times for 5 yards.

In Week 9 against LV he completed 17 of 25 passes for 232 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 7 times for 40 yards.

Through Week 9, Tyler Shough has been on the field for 100 percent of NO snaps, dropped back 341 times and thrown 7.7 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 49 of 341 dropbacks and scrambled 14 times.

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.

In Week 7 against PIT he completed 30 of 38 passes for 278 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 3 times for 7 yards.

In Week 9 against CLE he completed 21 of 35 passes for 265 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 9 times for 52 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Brock Purdy played 9 games and scored 187.4 PPR points, 20.8 a game, finishing QB24.

He threw for 2167 yards on 284 attempts with 20 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, and ran for 147 yards and 3 touchdowns.

That came to 31.6 attempts a game at 7.6 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 98 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.

Tyler Shough was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Brock Purdy scored 20.8 PPR points a game and Tyler Shough 14.9, 5.9 a game between them.

Brock Purdy finished QB24 that year and Tyler Shough QB26.

Tyler Shough had 43 more pass attempts than Brock Purdy, 327 to 284.

Tyler Shough had 217 more passing yards than Brock Purdy, 2384 to 2167.

This season Tyler Shough holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 97 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 8, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

What would change the answer

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