Tyler Shough or Michael Penix Jr.: who should I start in Week 6?

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 24.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Michael Penix Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 82nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Tyler Shough is 17.4 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 has Michael Penix Jr. at 17.3 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.

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

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Tyler Shough has been on the field for 100 percent of NO snaps, dropped back 223 times and thrown 8.0 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 36 of 223 dropbacks and scrambled 6 times.

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.

In Week 5 against MIN he completed 16 of 25 passes for 96 yards and threw 0 touchdowns and 2 interceptions.

Through Week 5, Michael Penix Jr. has been on the field for 98 percent of ATL snaps, dropped back 83 times and thrown 6.4 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 8 of 83 dropbacks and scrambled 2 times.

In Week 3 against GB he completed 18 of 25 passes for 256 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception.

In Week 4 against NO he completed 15 of 20 passes for 223 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions.

In Week 5 against BAL he completed 19 of 32 passes for 240 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 8 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 Michael Penix Jr. played 9 games and scored 123.3 PPR points, 13.7 a game, finishing QB33.

He threw for 1982 yards on 276 attempts with 9 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran for 70 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 30.7 attempts a game at 7.2 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 93 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tyler Shough was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Tyler Shough scored 14.9 PPR points a game and Michael Penix Jr. 13.7, 1.2 a game between them.

Tyler Shough finished QB26 that year and Michael Penix Jr. QB33.

Tyler Shough had 51 more pass attempts than Michael Penix Jr., 327 to 276.

Tyler Shough had 402 more passing yards than Michael Penix Jr., 2384 to 1982.

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

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