Start Tyler Shough or Jalon Daniels? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Tyler Shough over Jalon Daniels in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Tyler Shough at 17.4 points and Jalon Daniels at 15.7, a gap of 1.7. 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 15.7 fantasy points for Jalon Daniels, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jalon Daniels is 177 passing yards and 38 rushing yards, with a 21% chance to score a touchdown (11, 11 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 1.7 points ahead of Jalon Daniels on the market projections.

Injury status

Jalon Daniels is not on the injury report.

Tyler Shough is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Jalon Daniels played 68 percent of TB snaps, dropped back 71 times and threw an average of 6.0 air yards per attempt.

Jalon Daniels, Week 3 against MIN: 4 of 69 snaps, 0 of 3 passes for 0 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 1 carry for 9 yards.

Jalon Daniels, Week 4 against GB: 63 of 64 snaps, 19 of 27 passes for 148 yards, 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions, 8 carries for 55 yards.

Jalon Daniels, Week 5 against DAL: 72 of 72 snaps, 19 of 25 passes for 189 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 5 carries for 25 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, 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 Jalon Daniels over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Jalon Daniels over Bo Nix.
• Start Brock Purdy over Jalon Daniels.
• Start Tyler Shough over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Tyler Shough over Bo Nix.
• Start Brock Purdy over Tyler Shough.