Tyler Shough or Dak Prescott: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Tyler Shough at 18.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 11th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The player markets price Dak Prescott at 18.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 14th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tyler Shough: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 70th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 52.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Dak Prescott: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 75th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 14.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Tyler Shough has been on the field for 100 percent of NO snaps, dropped back 101 times and thrown 7.8 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 13 of 101 dropbacks and scrambled 4 times.

In Week 1 against DET he completed 35 of 55 passes for 410 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions and ran 4 times for 8 yards.

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.

Through Week 2, Dak Prescott has been on the field for 100 percent of DAL snaps, dropped back 72 times and thrown 8.5 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 9 of 72 dropbacks and scrambled 5 times.

In Week 1 against NYG he completed 22 of 34 passes for 175 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 14 yards.

In Week 2 against WAS he completed 26 of 31 passes for 279 yards, threw 4 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 26 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

0.3 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.