Tyler Shough or Kaleb Johnson: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tyler Shough: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 74th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 25.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kaleb Johnson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 77th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Tyler Shough at 17.3 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has Kaleb Johnson at 9.8 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 14 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back'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 4

Through Week 4, Tyler Shough has been on the field for 100 percent of NO snaps, dropped back 197 times and thrown 8.3 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 32 of 197 dropbacks and scrambled 6 times.

In Week 2 against BAL he completed 27 of 34 passes for 252 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 8 times for 24 yards.

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.

Through Week 4, Kaleb Johnson has been on the field for 31 percent of GB snaps, taken 41 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 2 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have come 0.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against NYJ he carried 8 times for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against ATL he carried 4 times for 6 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against TB he carried 8 times for 42 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 Kaleb Johnson played 10 games and scored 8.8 PPR points, 0.9 a game, finishing RB115.

He carried 28 times for 69 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 1 of 2 targets for 9 more yards.

That came to 2.8 carries a game at 2.5 yards a carry and 0.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 6 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 Kaleb Johnson 0.9, 14.0 a game between them.

Tyler Shough finished QB26 and Kaleb Johnson RB115, which are two different ladders.

Tyler Shough is a quarterback and Kaleb Johnson a running back, 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 Kaleb Johnson.

Tyler Shough is listed as questionable on the injury report.