Tyler Shough or Terry McLaurin: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Tyler Shough at 16.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 18 market sources. That is the 25th highest figure of the 212 players the market prices.

The player markets price Terry McLaurin at 9.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 92nd highest figure of the 212 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tyler Shough: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 78th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 24.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Terry McLaurin: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 76th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

Through Week 4, Tyler Shough has been on the field for 100 percent of NO snaps, dropped back 197 times and thrown 8.3 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 32 of 197 dropbacks and scrambled 6 times.

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.

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.

Through Week 3, Terry McLaurin has been on the field for 78 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 13.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against PHI he caught 2 of 4 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against DAL he caught 2 of 9 targets for 50 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against SEA he caught 6 of 9 targets for 77 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 Terry McLaurin played 10 games and scored 114.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing WR56.

He caught 38 of 60 targets for 582 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 63 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tyler Shough was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Tyler Shough scored 14.9 PPR points a game and Terry McLaurin 11.4, 3.5 a game between them.

Tyler Shough finished QB26 and Terry McLaurin WR56, which are two different ladders.

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

What would change the answer

7.0 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 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 market price when it does.