Should I start Justice Hill or Tyler Shough in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Justice Hill, and the board ranks him 82nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Shough, and the board ranks him 84th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 24.

The market-based projections

Justice Hill's market-based projection is 6.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 111th highest figure of the 223 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Tyler Shough is 17.9 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 5 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 so far

Through Week 8, Justice Hill has been on the field for 43 percent of BAL snaps, taken 11 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 66 third down targets, had 0 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 47 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have come 1.1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 6 against CLE he carried 0 times for 0 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CIN he carried 3 times for 7 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against BUF he carried 3 times for 15 yards, caught 4 of 8 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Justice Hill played 10 games and scored 65.2 PPR points, 6.5 a game, finishing RB60.

He carried 18 times for 93 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 21 of 27 targets for 169 more yards.

That came to 1.8 carries a game at 5.2 yards a carry and 2.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 37 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.

Tyler Shough was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Tyler Shough scored 14.9 PPR points a game and Justice Hill 6.5, 8.4 a game between them.

Justice Hill finished RB60 and Tyler Shough QB26, which are two different ladders.

Justice Hill is a running back and Tyler Shough a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Justice Hill is off in Week 13 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.