Should I start Tyler Shough or Bryce Young in Week 10?
Updated Nov 10, 1:36 PM ET. Week 11 answers post Tuesday.
Week 10 verdict
Start Tyler Shough over Bryce Young
- Market projects
- 16.6
- recent weeks avg
- CAR D vs QB
- 17.4
- 15th fewest to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 100%
- Through Week 9
- Market projects
- 15.2
- recent weeks avg
- NO D vs QB
- 18.4
- 13th most to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 96%
- Through Week 9
Start Tyler Shough: 99 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Bryce Young's 93 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets. 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 Tyler Shough for Bryce Young?
Not on these numbers alone. Tyler Shough projects 134 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (16.8 a game over 8 games) and Bryce Young 134 (16.8 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 10 the call starts Tyler Shough over Bryce Young.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
QB13 · NO · bye 8
2026 vs pass yds line 6-2
- Market-based projection
- 17.4 pts a game Wk 9 price
- Overall rank
- 104
QB19 · CAR · bye 5
2026 vs pass yds line 6-2
- Market-based projection
- 15.5 pts a game Wk 9 price
- Overall rank
- 159
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The gap
- Board size307 draftable players
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 104th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 24.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Bryce Young, and the board ranks him 159th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 40.
The market-based projections
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.
The market-based projection for Bryce Young is 1.0 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, 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.
Through Week 9, Bryce Young has been on the field for 96 percent of CAR snaps, dropped back 339 times and thrown 8.1 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 55 of 339 dropbacks and scrambled 7 times.
In Week 7 against TB he completed 14 of 27 passes for 163 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 1 time for 9 yards.
In Week 8 against GB he completed 23 of 40 passes for 209 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception.
In Week 9 against DEN he completed 28 of 39 passes for 276 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 13 yards.
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 Bryce Young played 16 games and scored 229.0 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing QB19.
He threw for 3011 yards on 478 attempts with 23 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and ran for 216 yards and 2 touchdowns.
That came to 29.9 attempts a game at 6.3 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 96 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Bryce Young was available for 5 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Tyler Shough scored 14.9 PPR points a game and Bryce Young 14.3, 0.6 a game between them.
Tyler Shough finished QB26 that year and Bryce Young QB19.
Bryce Young had 151 more pass attempts than Tyler Shough, 478 to 327.
Bryce Young had 627 more passing yards than Tyler Shough, 3011 to 2384.
This season Tyler Shough holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 96 percent.
Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.
Byes and availability
Tyler Shough is off in Week 8 and Bryce Young in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Tyler Shough for Bryce Young?
Not on these numbers alone. Tyler Shough projects 134 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (16.8 a game over 8 games) and Bryce Young 134 (16.8 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 10 the call starts Tyler Shough over Bryce Young.
Should I drop Bryce Young for Tyler Shough?
Not on these numbers alone. Bryce Young projects 134 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (16.8 a game over 8 games) and Tyler Shough 134 (16.8 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 10 the call starts Tyler Shough over Bryce Young.
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