Start Tyler Shough or Bryce Young? Week 9
Updated Nov 3, 3:36 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 10 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Tyler Shough over Bryce Young
Shough projects lower, 16.3 to 16.9, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 147 for Shough, 212 for Young.
- Market projects
- 16.3
- recent weeks avg
- CLE D vs QB
- 15.4
- 8th fewest to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 100%
- Through Week 7
- Market projects
- 16.9
- recent weeks avg
- DEN D vs QB
- 16.1
- 12th fewest to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 95%
- Through Week 8
Should I drop Tyler Shough for Bryce Young?
Not on these numbers alone. Tyler Shough projects 151 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (16.8 a game over 9 games) and Bryce Young 152 (16.9 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Tyler Shough over Bryce Young.
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Our Week 9 call
Start Tyler Shough over Bryce Young in Week 9.
Market-based projections have Tyler Shough at 16.3 points and Bryce Young at 16.9, a gap of 0.6. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Tyler Shough still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 147 against 212, and that outweighs a gap this size. No player market is posted for Tyler Shough this week yet, so his 16.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 7 (16.6 and 16.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Bryce Young this week yet, so his 16.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (16.3, 17.4 and 17.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.
What the market projects
No Week 9 player market is posted for Bryce Young yet. His market-based projections were 16.3, 17.4 and 17.0 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 16.9, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
No Week 9 player market is posted for Tyler Shough yet. His market-based projections were 16.6 and 16.0 points in Weeks 6 and 7, an average of 16.3, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
That puts Bryce Young 0.6 points ahead of Tyler Shough on these projections.
Week 9 matchups
Bryce Young and CAR host DEN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
DEN allowed 16.2 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 7 games, the 12th fewest in the league.
Quarterbacks threw for 236 yards and 1.1 touchdowns a game against DEN, with an interception a game.
Tyler Shough and NO host CLE on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
CLE allowed 15.4 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 7 games, the 8th fewest in the league.
Quarterbacks threw for 221 yards and 1.6 touchdowns a game against CLE, with 0.7 interceptions a game.
By points allowed to the position, Bryce Young has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Bryce Young is not on the injury report.
Tyler Shough is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 9
Through Week 8, Bryce Young played 95 percent of CAR snaps, dropped back 296 times and threw an average of 8.1 air yards per attempt.
Bryce Young, Week 4 against DET: 75 of 75 snaps, 29 of 41 passes for 329 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 7 yards.
Bryce Young, Week 6 against PHI: 79 of 79 snaps, 20 of 39 passes for 281 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 8 yards.
Bryce Young, Week 7 against TB: 43 of 56 snaps, 14 of 27 passes for 163 yards, 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions, 1 carry for 9 yards.
Bryce Young, Week 8 against GB: 73 of 73 snaps, 23 of 40 passes for 209 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception.
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, Bryce Young played 16 games for CAR and scored 229.0 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing QB19.
He completed 304 of 478 passes for 3011 yards, 23 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and ran 54 times for 216 yards and 2 touchdowns.
He was on the field for 96 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
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 9, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Tyler Shough for Bryce Young?
Not on these numbers alone. Tyler Shough projects 151 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (16.8 a game over 9 games) and Bryce Young 152 (16.9 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Tyler Shough over Bryce Young.
Should I drop Bryce Young for Tyler Shough?
Not on these numbers alone. Bryce Young projects 152 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (16.9 a game over 9 games) and Tyler Shough 151 (16.8 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Tyler Shough over Bryce Young.
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