Tyler Shough or Denzel Boston: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Tyler Shough at 18.2 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 Denzel Boston at 10.5 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 93rd 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 Denzel Boston: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 71st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 186.

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, Denzel Boston has been on the field for 93 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 20 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 10 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 2 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have averaged 15.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against JAX he caught 2 of 4 targets for 59 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against TB he caught 5 of 7 targets for 95 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.

Denzel Boston is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Side by side

Tyler Shough is a quarterback and Denzel Boston 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 Denzel Boston in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

7.7 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.