Should I start Drake Maye or Tyler Shough in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Drake Maye, and the board ranks him 38th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Shough, and the board ranks him 41st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 24.

The market-based projections

Drake Maye's market-based projection is 19.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 8th highest figure of the 211 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Tyler Shough is 19.0 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 2 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a 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, Drake Maye has been on the field for 96 percent of NE snaps, dropped back 318 times and thrown 9.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 47 of 318 dropbacks and scrambled 27 times.

In Week 7 against CHI he completed 24 of 30 passes for 321 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 4 times for 26 yards.

In Week 8 against MIA he completed 16 of 20 passes for 199 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 7 yards.

In Week 9 against GB he completed 21 of 38 passes for 299 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 3 interceptions and ran 1 time for 3 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Drake Maye played 17 games and scored 360.0 PPR points, 21.2 a game, finishing QB2.

He threw for 4394 yards on 492 attempts with 31 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 450 yards and 4 touchdowns.

That came to 28.9 attempts a game at 8.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 97 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.

Drake Maye was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Drake Maye scored 21.2 PPR points a game and Tyler Shough 14.9, 6.3 a game between them.

Drake Maye finished QB2 that year and Tyler Shough QB26.

Drake Maye had 165 more pass attempts than Tyler Shough, 492 to 327.

Drake Maye had 2010 more passing yards than Tyler Shough, 4394 to 2384.

This season Tyler Shough holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 96 percent.

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

Byes and availability

Drake Maye is off in Week 11 and Tyler Shough in Week 8, 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.