Start Brock Purdy or Tyler Shough? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Brock Purdy over Tyler Shough in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Brock Purdy at 22.0 points and Tyler Shough at 17.0, a gap of 5.0. 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. Drafters take Brock Purdy at ADP 86 and Tyler Shough at 147.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 22.0 fantasy points for Brock Purdy, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Brock Purdy is 249 passing yards, 2-3 passing touchdowns, 15 rushing yards and 0.2 rushing touchdowns (14, 14, 12 and 10 market sources).

Player markets imply 17.0 fantasy points for Tyler Shough, with 80 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Tyler Shough is 226 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns and 0.3 rushing touchdowns (9, 12 and 11 market sources).

That puts Brock Purdy 5.0 points ahead of Tyler Shough on the market projections.

Week 9 matchups

Brock Purdy and SF host LV on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

LV allowed 20.6 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 8 games, the 5th most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 251 yards and 2.3 touchdowns a game against LV, with 0.8 interceptions a game.

Tyler Shough and NO host CLE on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CLE allowed 14.2 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 8 games, the 7th fewest in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 215 yards and 1.4 touchdowns a game against CLE, with 0.8 interceptions a game.

By points allowed to the position, Brock Purdy has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Brock Purdy is not on the injury report.

Tyler Shough is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 7, Brock Purdy played 98 percent of SF snaps, dropped back 231 times and threw an average of 7.9 air yards per attempt.

Brock Purdy, Week 4 against DEN: 66 of 66 snaps, 19 of 29 passes for 218 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 8 carries for 31 yards.

Brock Purdy, Week 5 against SEA: 60 of 60 snaps, 19 of 29 passes for 189 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception, 3 carries for 8 yards.

Brock Purdy, Week 6 against WAS: 62 of 62 snaps, 21 of 29 passes for 264 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 5 carries for 28 yards.

Brock Purdy, Week 7 against ATL: 66 of 66 snaps, 27 of 39 passes for 288 yards, 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions, 2 carries for 5 yards.

Through Week 7, Tyler Shough played 100 percent of NO snaps, dropped back 296 times and threw an average of 7.3 air yards per attempt.

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.

Tyler Shough, Week 6 against NYG: 70 of 72 snaps, 16 of 30 passes for 144 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 4 carries for 33 yards.

Tyler Shough, Week 7 against PIT: 57 of 57 snaps, 30 of 38 passes for 278 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 3 carries for 7 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Brock Purdy played 9 games for SF and scored 187.4 PPR points, 20.8 a game, finishing QB24.

He completed 197 of 284 passes for 2167 yards, 20 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, and ran 33 times for 147 yards and 3 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 98 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 9 calls

• Start Brock Purdy over Caleb Williams.
• Start Brock Purdy over C.J. Stroud.
• Start Brock Purdy over Dak Prescott.
• Start Tyler Shough over Baker Mayfield.
• Start Bo Nix over Tyler Shough.
• Start Tyler Shough over Bryce Young.