Should I start Tyler Shough or Kendrick Bourne in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

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.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kendrick Bourne, and the board ranks him 85th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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.

No season market is posted for Kendrick Bourne, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

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, Kendrick Bourne has been on the field for 54 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 88 third down targets, had 1 of its 29 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 57 two minute targets.

His 38 targets have averaged 5.7 air yards.

In Week 6 against LAR he caught 5 of 8 targets for 47 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against DEN he caught 3 of 6 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against DAL he caught 1 of 2 targets for 29 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 Kendrick Bourne played 16 games and scored 92.1 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR68.

He caught 37 of 53 targets for 551 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets.

That came to 3.3 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 14.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kendrick Bourne was available for 5 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Tyler Shough scored 14.9 PPR points a game and Kendrick Bourne 5.8, 9.1 a game between them.

Tyler Shough finished QB26 and Kendrick Bourne WR68, which are two different ladders.

Tyler Shough is a quarterback and Kendrick Bourne a wide receiver, 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 and Kendrick Bourne in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

Kendrick Bourne is listed as ir on the injury report.