Should I start Tyler Shough or Jordan Love in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Shough, and the board ranks him 86th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 24.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jordan Love, and the board ranks him 103rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 21.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Tyler Shough is 17.9 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 6 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Jordan Love's market-based projection is 17.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 20th highest figure of the 225 players with a market-based projection.

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

This season so far

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 8, Jordan Love has been on the field for 100 percent of GB snaps, dropped back 327 times and thrown 9.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 52 of 327 dropbacks and scrambled 1 time.

In Week 6 against DAL he completed 23 of 41 passes for 276 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 14 yards.

In Week 7 against DET he completed 27 of 45 passes for 274 yards and threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception.

In Week 8 against CAR he completed 30 of 41 passes for 288 yards and threw 3 touchdowns and 1 interception.

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 Jordan Love played 15 games and scored 241.1 PPR points, 16.1 a game, finishing QB15.

He threw for 3381 yards on 439 attempts with 23 touchdowns and 6 interceptions, and ran for 199 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 29.3 attempts a game at 7.7 yards an attempt.

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

Jordan Love was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jordan Love scored 16.1 PPR points a game and Tyler Shough 14.9, 1.2 a game between them.

Tyler Shough finished QB26 that year and Jordan Love QB15.

Jordan Love had 112 more pass attempts than Tyler Shough, 439 to 327.

Jordan Love had 997 more passing yards than Tyler Shough, 3381 to 2384.

Their snap share this season is the same, 100 percent each.

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

Byes and availability

Tyler Shough is off in Week 8 and Jordan Love in Week 11, 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.