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Should I start Tyler Shough or Tanner McKee in Week 7?

Updated Oct 21, 6:01 PM ET.

Week 7 verdict

Start

QB · NO · vs PIT

Market projects
17.1
fantasy pts
PIT D vs QB
12.9
4th fewest to QBs (2026)
Upside
Moderate
60 of 100 at QB
Snap share
100%
Through Week 6
Sit

QB · PHI · vs DAL

Market projects
15.3
fantasy pts
DAL D vs QB
21.4
5th most to QBs (2026)
Upside
High
97 of 100 at QB
Snap share
100%
Through Week 6
Start Shough or McKee? The full Week 7 breakdown

Start Tyler Shough over Tanner McKee in Week 7: 17.2 to 15.3 projected PPR points.

Should I drop Tanner McKee for Tyler Shough?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Tyler Shough projects 172 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (17.2 a game over 10 games), Tanner McKee 135 (13.5 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Tyler Shough over Tanner McKee, 17.2 to 15.3 projected PPR points.

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

QB11 · NO · bye 8

2026 vs pass yds line 4-2

Market-based projection
17.2 pts a game

QB15 · PHI · bye unlisted

Overall rank
99

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The gap

  • Board size314 draftable players

Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Shough, and the board ranks him 85th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 24.

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

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 213 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Tanner McKee is 16.5 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 6

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 6, Tanner McKee has been on the field for 100 percent of PHI snaps, dropped back 48 times and thrown 8.0 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 10 of 48 dropbacks.

In Week 6 against CAR he completed 26 of 45 passes for 215 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 0 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 Tanner McKee played 4 games and scored 14.8 PPR points, 3.7 a game, finishing QB55.

He threw for 274 yards on 43 attempts with 1 touchdown and 1 interception, and ran for 8 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 10.8 attempts a game at 6.4 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 3 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tyler Shough was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Tyler Shough scored 14.9 PPR points a game and Tanner McKee 3.7, 11.2 a game between them.

Tyler Shough finished QB26 that year and Tanner McKee QB55.

Tyler Shough had 284 more pass attempts than Tanner McKee, 327 to 43.

Tyler Shough had 2110 more passing yards than Tanner McKee, 2384 to 274.

Their snap share this season is the same, 100 percent each.

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

Byes and availability

Tyler Shough is off in Week 8. No bye is listed for Tanner McKee.

What would change the answer

Tanner McKee has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Tanner McKee for Tyler Shough?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Tyler Shough projects 172 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (17.2 a game over 10 games), Tanner McKee 135 (13.5 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Tyler Shough over Tanner McKee, 17.2 to 15.3 projected PPR points.

  • Should I drop Tyler Shough for Tanner McKee?

    No. Keep Tyler Shough: he projects 172 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (17.2 a game over 10 games), Tanner McKee 135 (13.5 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Tyler Shough over Tanner McKee, 17.2 to 15.3 projected PPR points.

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