Tyler Shough or Lamar Jackson: who should I start in Week 5?
Neither man carries a posted season price right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
Updated Oct 7, 2026 at 8:11 PM ET
Neither is in the consensus draft sample any more, and the market has not posted a whole price on either of them, so there is no current market order to give between these two. What follows is what each of them has already done.
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QB9 · NO · bye 8
2026 vs pass yds line 4-0
- Overall rank
- 80
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 5
QB31 · BAL · bye 13
2026 vs pass yds line 3-1
- Market price
- 19.0 pts a game Wk 4 price
- Overall rank
- 183
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 9
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The gap
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Board size219 draftable players
Consensus average draft position has stopped updating on these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out rather than printed stale. The verdict line above restates the market price and nothing else.
Where the draft room stands
Drafters have formed no consensus on Tyler Shough: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 80th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 25.
Drafters have formed no consensus on Lamar Jackson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 183rd overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 3.
What the player markets price
The market has Tyler Shough at 17.1 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 Lamar Jackson at 1.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 2 market sources. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback'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, Lamar Jackson has been on the field for 88 percent of BAL snaps, dropped back 111 times and thrown 10.4 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 13 of 111 dropbacks and scrambled 10 times.
In Week 2 against NO he completed 21 of 30 passes for 235 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 4 times for 34 yards.
In Week 3 against DAL he completed 15 of 20 passes for 186 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 6 times for 50 yards.
In Week 4 against TEN he completed 15 of 20 passes for 222 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 20 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 Lamar Jackson played 13 games and scored 221.9 PPR points, 17.1 a game, finishing QB20.
He threw for 2549 yards on 302 attempts with 21 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran for 349 yards and 2 touchdowns.
That came to 23.2 attempts a game at 8.4 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 92 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Lamar Jackson was available for 2 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Lamar Jackson scored 17.1 PPR points a game and Tyler Shough 14.9, 2.2 a game between them.
Tyler Shough finished QB26 that year and Lamar Jackson QB20.
Tyler Shough had 25 more pass attempts than Lamar Jackson, 327 to 302.
Lamar Jackson had 165 more passing yards than Tyler Shough, 2549 to 2384.
This season Tyler Shough holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 88 percent.
Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.
Byes and availability
Tyler Shough is off in Week 8 and Lamar Jackson in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.
Tyler Shough is listed as questionable on the injury report.
Lamar Jackson is listed as questionable on the injury report.
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