Should I start Matthew Stafford or Tyler Shough in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Shough, and the board ranks him 99th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 24.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Matthew Stafford is 17.7 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 13 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Tyler Shough is 17.0 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 11 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 8, Matthew Stafford has been on the field for 98 percent of LAR snaps, dropped back 316 times and thrown 7.7 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 45 of 316 dropbacks and scrambled 4 times.

In Week 6 against ARI he completed 25 of 33 passes for 222 yards and threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.

In Week 7 against LV he completed 23 of 29 passes for 195 yards and threw 3 touchdowns and 1 interception.

In Week 8 against LAC he completed 17 of 25 passes for 157 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception.

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 Matthew Stafford played 17 games and scored 358.4 PPR points, 21.1 a game, finishing QB3.

He threw for 4707 yards on 597 attempts with 46 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 1 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 35.1 attempts a game at 7.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 99 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.

Matthew Stafford was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Matthew Stafford scored 21.1 PPR points a game and Tyler Shough 14.9, 6.2 a game between them.

Matthew Stafford finished QB3 that year and Tyler Shough QB26.

Matthew Stafford had 270 more pass attempts than Tyler Shough, 597 to 327.

Matthew Stafford had 2323 more passing yards than Tyler Shough, 4707 to 2384.

This season Tyler Shough holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 98 percent.

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

Byes and availability

Matthew Stafford is off in Week 11 and Tyler Shough in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Matthew Stafford is listed as questionable on the injury report.