Start Tyler Shough or Jalen Hurts? Week 6

Updated Oct 19, 2:21 PM ET. Locked at kickoff. Graded after. Week 7 answer posts Tuesday.

Start Tyler Shough over Jalen Hurts

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Tyler Shough

QB · NO · at NYG · final

Market projected: 16.6; pre-game
NYG D vs QB: 19.9; 9th most to QBs (2026)
Upside: Limited; 39 of 100 at QB
Scored: 27.0; PPR pts

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Jalen Hurts

QB · PHI · vs CAR · final

Market projected: 16.1; pre-game
CAR D vs QB: 20.1; 8th most to QBs (2026)
Snap share: 99%; Through Week 5

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Our Week 6 call

Start Tyler Shough over Jalen Hurts in Week 6.

Jalen Hurts is on injured reserve, so this is not a close call: start Tyler Shough. Drafters take Tyler Shough at ADP 147 and Jalen Hurts at 80.

What the market projects

No Week 6 player market is posted for Jalen Hurts yet. His market-based projections were 19.4, 14.1 and 14.8 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 16.1, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

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 Tyler Shough 0.5 points ahead of Jalen Hurts on these projections.

Week 6 matchups

Jalen Hurts and PHI host CAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CAR allowed 20.1 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 4 games, the 8th most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 243 yards and 1.3 touchdowns a game against CAR, with 0.8 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, Jalen Hurts has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Jalen Hurts is listed as ir.

Tyler Shough is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Jalen Hurts played 99 percent of PHI snaps, dropped back 179 times and threw an average of 7.5 air yards per attempt.

Jalen Hurts, Week 2 against TEN: 76 of 76 snaps, 26 of 37 passes for 264 yards, 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, 5 carries for 16 yards.

Jalen Hurts, Week 3 against CHI: 46 of 50 snaps, 16 of 25 passes for 153 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 4 carries for 25 yards.

Jalen Hurts, Week 4 against LAR: 61 of 61 snaps, 12 of 27 passes for 93 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 5 carries for 18 yards.

Jalen Hurts, Week 5 against JAX: 62 of 62 snaps, 21 of 40 passes for 220 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 2 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, Jalen Hurts played 16 games for PHI and scored 305.1 PPR points, 19.1 a game, finishing QB8.

He completed 294 of 454 passes for 3224 yards, 25 touchdowns and 6 interceptions, and ran 105 times for 421 yards and 8 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

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