Courtland Sutton or Tyler Shough: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Courtland Sutton: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 77th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tyler Shough: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 78th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 25.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Courtland Sutton at 9.3 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 91st highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

The market has Tyler Shough at 17.2 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Courtland Sutton has been on the field for 78 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 1 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 11.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against JAX he caught 3 of 4 targets for 25 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against LAR he caught 3 of 7 targets for 46 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SF he caught 1 of 6 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Tyler Shough has been on the field for 100 percent of NO snaps, dropped back 197 times and thrown 8.3 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 32 of 197 dropbacks and scrambled 6 times.

In Week 2 against BAL he completed 27 of 34 passes for 252 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 8 times for 24 yards.

In Week 3 against LV he completed 29 of 42 passes for 255 yards, threw 4 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 36 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Courtland Sutton played 17 games and scored 219.7 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR13.

He caught 74 of 124 targets for 1017 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 7.3 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 13.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 86 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.

Courtland Sutton was available for 6 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Tyler Shough scored 14.9 PPR points a game and Courtland Sutton 12.9, 2.0 a game between them.

Courtland Sutton finished WR13 and Tyler Shough QB26, which are two different ladders.

Courtland Sutton is a wide receiver and Tyler Shough a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Courtland Sutton is off in Week 10 and Tyler Shough in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Tyler Shough is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Tyler Shough is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.