Should I start Tyler Shough or DeMario Douglas in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Shough, and the board ranks him 85th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 24.

Live drafts hold no current pick on DeMario Douglas, and the board ranks him 98th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Tyler Shough's market-based projection is 16.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 24th highest figure of the 207 players with a market-based projection.

No season market is posted for DeMario Douglas, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Tyler Shough has been on the field for 100 percent of NO snaps, dropped back 255 times and thrown 7.8 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 37 of 255 dropbacks and scrambled 8 times.

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.

In Week 5 against MIN he completed 16 of 25 passes for 96 yards and threw 0 touchdowns and 2 interceptions.

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.

Through Week 6, DeMario Douglas has been on the field for 54 percent of NE snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 51 third down targets, had 0 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 30 targets have averaged 10.9 air yards.

In Week 4 against BUF he caught 2 of 3 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LV he caught 4 of 5 targets for 65 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 7 of 8 targets for 86 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 DeMario Douglas played 17 games and scored 95.8 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing WR65.

He caught 31 of 46 targets for 447 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 2.7 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 26 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

DeMario Douglas was available for 6 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Tyler Shough scored 14.9 PPR points a game and DeMario Douglas 5.6, 9.3 a game between them.

Tyler Shough finished QB26 and DeMario Douglas WR65, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

Tyler Shough is off in Week 8 and DeMario Douglas in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

DeMario Douglas has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.