Tyler Shough or Rachaad White: 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 77th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 24.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rachaad White: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 79th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Tyler Shough is 17.6 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 Rachaad White is 6.2 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 12 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back'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, Rachaad White has been on the field for 49 percent of WAS snaps, taken 24 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 0.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against DAL he carried 7 times for 43 yards, caught 6 of 6 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against SEA he carried 8 times for 35 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 6 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against NYG he carried 7 times for 18 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 2 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 Rachaad White played 17 games and scored 143.0 PPR points, 8.4 a game, finishing RB32.

He carried 132 times for 572 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 40 of 45 targets for 218 more yards.

That came to 7.8 carries a game at 4.3 yards a carry and 2.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 51 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Rachaad White was available for 6 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Tyler Shough scored 14.9 PPR points a game and Rachaad White 8.4, 6.5 a game between them.

Tyler Shough finished QB26 and Rachaad White RB32, which are two different ladders.

Tyler Shough is a quarterback and Rachaad White 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 and Rachaad White in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.