Start Dak Prescott or Tyler Shough? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Dak Prescott over Tyler Shough in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Dak Prescott at 18.2 points and Tyler Shough at 16.6, a gap of 1.7. Drafters take Dak Prescott at ADP 64 and Tyler Shough at 147.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 18.2 fantasy points for Dak Prescott, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Dak Prescott is 276 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 10 rushing yards and 0.1 rushing touchdowns (13, 14, 8 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 16.6 fantasy points for Tyler Shough, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Tyler Shough is 230 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 12 rushing yards and 0.2 rushing touchdowns (13, 15, 9 and 14 market sources).

That puts Dak Prescott 1.7 points ahead of Tyler Shough on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Dak Prescott and DAL visit GB on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

GB allowed 13.8 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 5 games, the 6th fewest in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 199 yards and 1.2 touchdowns a game against GB, with 1.4 interceptions.

Tyler Shough and NO visit NYG on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NYG allowed 19.9 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 5 games, the 9th most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 210 yards and 1.8 touchdowns a game against NYG, with 1.2 interceptions.

By points allowed to the position, Tyler Shough has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Dak Prescott is not on the injury report.

Tyler Shough is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Dak Prescott played 100 percent of DAL snaps, dropped back 209 times and threw an average of 7.5 air yards per attempt.

Dak Prescott, Week 2 against WAS: 55 of 55 snaps, 26 of 31 passes for 279 yards, 4 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 4 carries for 26 yards.

Dak Prescott, Week 3 against BAL: 74 of 74 snaps, 25 of 40 passes for 276 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 4 carries for 19 yards.

Dak Prescott, Week 4 against HOU: 78 of 78 snaps, 32 of 45 passes for 335 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 7 yards.

Dak Prescott, Week 5 against TB: 60 of 60 snaps, 24 of 42 passes for 316 yards, 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions.

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, Dak Prescott played 17 games for DAL and scored 323.8 PPR points, 19.0 a game, finishing QB6.

He completed 404 of 600 passes for 4552 yards, 30 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, and ran 53 times for 177 yards and 2 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 6 calls

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