Should I start Tyler Shough or Dak Prescott in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Shough, and the board ranks him 50th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 24.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dak Prescott, and the board ranks him 58th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Tyler Shough is 18.9 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 6 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Dak Prescott's market-based projection is 17.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 12th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based 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, Dak Prescott has been on the field for 100 percent of DAL snaps, dropped back 368 times and thrown 8.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 50 of 368 dropbacks and scrambled 18 times.

In Week 7 against PHI he completed 15 of 27 passes for 212 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 8 yards.

In Week 8 against ARI he completed 19 of 29 passes for 195 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 6 times for 21 yards.

In Week 9 against IND he completed 21 of 34 passes for 335 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 2 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 Dak Prescott played 17 games and scored 323.8 PPR points, 19.0 a game, finishing QB6.

He threw for 4552 yards on 600 attempts with 30 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, and ran for 177 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 35.3 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.

Dak Prescott was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Dak Prescott scored 19.0 PPR points a game and Tyler Shough 14.9, 4.1 a game between them.

Tyler Shough finished QB26 that year and Dak Prescott QB6.

Dak Prescott had 273 more pass attempts than Tyler Shough, 600 to 327.

Dak Prescott had 2168 more passing yards than Tyler Shough, 4552 to 2384.

Their snap share this season is the same, 100 percent each.

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

Byes and availability

Tyler Shough is off in Week 8 and Dak Prescott in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

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.