Evan Engram or Tyler Shough: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Evan Engram: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 66th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tyler Shough: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 67th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 24.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Evan Engram at 5.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 68th highest figure of the 132 players the market prices.

The market has Tyler Shough at 17.6 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 11 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Tyler Shough's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Evan Engram has been on the field for 58 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 5.5 air yards.

In Week 3 against LAR he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SF he caught 1 of 5 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LAC he caught 4 of 4 targets for 55 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Tyler Shough has been on the field for 100 percent of NO snaps, dropped back 223 times and thrown 8.0 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 36 of 223 dropbacks and scrambled 6 times.

In Week 3 against LV he completed 29 of 42 passes for 255 yards, threw 4 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 36 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Evan Engram played 16 games and scored 102.8 PPR points, 6.4 a game, finishing TE29.

He caught 50 of 76 targets for 461 yards and 1 touchdown, with 10 red zone targets.

That came to 4.8 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 9.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 42 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.

Evan Engram was available for 5 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Tyler Shough scored 14.9 PPR points a game and Evan Engram 6.4, 8.5 a game between them.

Evan Engram finished TE29 and Tyler Shough QB26, which are two different ladders.

Evan Engram is a tight end and Tyler Shough a quarterback, 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 Evan Engram.

What would change the answer

Tyler Shough is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.