Start Tyler Shough or Bo Nix? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Tyler Shough over Bo Nix in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Tyler Shough at 17.4 points and Bo Nix at 15.1, a gap of 2.3. Tyler Shough's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 15.1 fantasy points for Bo Nix, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Bo Nix is 201 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns and 15 rushing yards, with a 18% chance to score a touchdown (11, 14, 13 and 12 market sources).

Player markets imply 17.4 fantasy points for Tyler Shough, with 80 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Tyler Shough is 238 passing yards and 1-2 passing touchdowns, with a 22% chance to score a touchdown (12, 13 and 13 market sources).

That puts Tyler Shough 2.3 points ahead of Bo Nix on the market projections.

Injury status

Bo Nix is not on the injury report.

Tyler Shough is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Bo Nix played 100 percent of DEN snaps, dropped back 172 times and threw an average of 5.2 air yards per attempt.

Bo Nix, Week 2 against JAX: 62 of 62 snaps, 22 of 31 passes for 288 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 2 carries for 9 yards.

Bo Nix, Week 3 against LAR: 67 of 67 snaps, 17 of 34 passes for 186 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception, 4 carries for 7 yards.

Bo Nix, Week 4 against SF: 65 of 65 snaps, 25 of 42 passes for 214 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 10 yards.

Bo Nix, Week 5 against LAC: 62 of 62 snaps, 16 of 27 passes for 123 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 4 carries for 10 yards.

Through Week 5, Tyler Shough played 100 percent of NO snaps, dropped back 223 times and threw an average of 8.0 air yards per attempt.

Tyler Shough, Week 2 against BAL: 68 of 68 snaps, 27 of 34 passes for 252 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 8 carries for 24 yards.

Tyler Shough, Week 3 against LV: 74 of 74 snaps, 29 of 42 passes for 255 yards, 4 touchdowns and 1 interception, 1 carry for 36 yards.

Tyler Shough, Week 4 against ATL: 74 of 74 snaps, 30 of 48 passes for 286 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 5 yards.

Tyler Shough, Week 5 against MIN: 45 of 45 snaps, 16 of 25 passes for 96 yards, 0 touchdowns and 2 interceptions.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Bo Nix played 17 games for DEN and scored 315.8 PPR points, 18.6 a game, finishing QB7.

He completed 388 of 612 passes for 3931 yards, 25 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and ran 83 times for 356 yards and 5 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 100 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Tyler Shough played 11 games for NO and scored 164.0 PPR points, 14.9 a game, finishing QB26.

He completed 221 of 327 passes for 2384 yards, 10 touchdowns and 6 interceptions, and ran 45 times for 186 yards and 3 touchdowns.

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

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Bo Nix over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Brock Purdy over Bo Nix.
• Start Bryce Young over Bo Nix.
• Start Tyler Shough over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Brock Purdy over Tyler Shough.
• Start Tyler Shough over Bryce Young.