Should I start Tyler Shough or Samaje Perine in Week 7?

The market-based projections

Tyler Shough's market-based projection is 17.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 21st highest figure of the 214 players with a market-based projection.

Samaje Perine's market-based projection is 6.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 9 market sources. That is the 119th highest figure of the 214 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Shough, and the board ranks him 81st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 24.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Samaje Perine, and the board ranks him 80th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

Through Week 6, Tyler Shough has been on the field for 100 percent of NO snaps, dropped back 255 times and thrown 7.8 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 37 of 255 dropbacks and scrambled 8 times.

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.

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.

Through Week 5, Samaje Perine has been on the field for 37 percent of CIN snaps, taken 25 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 1.3 air yards.

In Week 3 against PIT he carried 3 times for 9 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against JAX he carried 3 times for 7 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against MIA he carried 14 times for 68 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 10 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 Samaje Perine played 15 games and scored 77.9 PPR points, 5.2 a game, finishing RB57.

He carried 84 times for 382 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 17 of 21 targets for 87 more yards.

That came to 5.6 carries a game at 5 yards a carry and 1.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 34 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Samaje Perine was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Tyler Shough scored 14.9 PPR points a game and Samaje Perine 5.2, 9.7 a game between them.

Tyler Shough finished QB26 and Samaje Perine RB57, which are two different ladders.

Tyler Shough is a quarterback and Samaje Perine 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 Samaje Perine in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

11.2 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.