Should I start Tyler Shough or J.J. McCarthy in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Shough, and the board ranks him 99th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 24.

Live drafts hold no current pick on J.J. McCarthy, and the board ranks him 109th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Tyler Shough is 17.0 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 11 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has J.J. McCarthy at 15.9 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 13 market sources. That is 80 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 7

Through Week 7, Tyler Shough has been on the field for 100 percent of NO snaps, dropped back 296 times and thrown 7.3 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 42 of 296 dropbacks and scrambled 9 times.

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.

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.

Through Week 7, J.J. McCarthy has been on the field for 42 percent of NYG snaps, dropped back 49 times and thrown 11.8 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 8 of 49 dropbacks and scrambled 1 time.

In Week 5 against WAS he completed 0 of 0 passes for 0 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 2 yards.

In Week 6 against NO he completed 11 of 17 passes for 243 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 26 yards.

In Week 7 against HOU he completed 20 of 27 passes for 252 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 1 yards.

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 J.J. McCarthy played 10 games and scored 137.4 PPR points, 13.7 a game, finishing QB30.

He threw for 1632 yards on 243 attempts with 11 touchdowns and 12 interceptions, and ran for 181 yards and 4 touchdowns.

That came to 24.3 attempts a game at 6.7 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 94 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tyler Shough was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Tyler Shough scored 14.9 PPR points a game and J.J. McCarthy 13.7, 1.2 a game between them.

Tyler Shough finished QB26 that year and J.J. McCarthy QB30.

Tyler Shough had 84 more pass attempts than J.J. McCarthy, 327 to 243.

Tyler Shough had 752 more passing yards than J.J. McCarthy, 2384 to 1632.

This season Tyler Shough holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 42 percent.

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

Byes and availability

Tyler Shough is off in Week 8. No bye is listed for J.J. McCarthy.