Should I start Tyler Shough or Efton Chism in Week 7?

The market-based projections

Tyler Shough's market-based projection is 17.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 10th highest figure of the 182 players with a market-based projection.

Efton Chism's market-based projection is 4.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 54th highest figure of the 182 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Shough, and the board ranks him 54th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 24.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Efton Chism, and the board ranks him 55th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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, Efton Chism has been on the field for 47 percent of NE snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 1 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 14 targets have averaged 8.4 air yards.

In Week 4 against BUF he caught 2 of 4 targets for 42 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against LV he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 57 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

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 Efton Chism played 8 games and scored 16.5 PPR points, 2.1 a game.

He caught 3 of 3 targets for 75 yards and 1 touchdown, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 0.4 targets a game, a 100 percent catch rate and 25.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 14 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tyler Shough was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Tyler Shough scored 14.9 PPR points a game and Efton Chism 2.1, 12.8 a game between them.

Tyler Shough is a quarterback and Efton Chism 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. No bye is listed for Efton Chism.

What would change the answer

12.6 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.