Tyler Shough or Rashod Bateman: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Tyler Shough at 18.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 11th highest figure of the 185 players the books price.

The player markets price Rashod Bateman at 11.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 82nd highest figure of the 185 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tyler Shough: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 69th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 52.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rashod Bateman: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 66th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 174.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Tyler Shough has been on the field for 100 percent of NO snaps, dropped back 101 times and thrown 7.8 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 13 of 101 dropbacks and scrambled 4 times.

In Week 1 against DET he completed 35 of 55 passes for 410 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions and ran 4 times for 8 yards.

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.

Through Week 2, Rashod Bateman has been on the field for 85 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 13 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 14.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against IND he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against NO he caught 7 of 9 targets for 88 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Rashod Bateman played 13 games and scored 55.4 PPR points, 4.3 a game, finishing WR102.

He caught 19 of 38 targets for 224 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 2.9 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 11.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 69 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Rashod Bateman was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Tyler Shough scored 14.9 PPR points a game and Rashod Bateman 4.3, 10.6 a game between them.

Tyler Shough finished QB26 and Rashod Bateman WR102, which are two different ladders.

Tyler Shough is a quarterback and Rashod Bateman 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 Rashod Bateman in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

7.3 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.