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Start Jayden Daniels or Tyler Shough? Week 10

Updated Nov 10, 12:06 PM ET.

Start

QB · WAS · at NYG

Market projects
18.3
fantasy pts
NYG D vs QB
19.5
8th most to QBs (2026)
Upside
High
87 of 100 at QB
Snap share
92%
Through Week 9
Sit

QB · NO · vs CAR

Market projects
16.6
recent weeks avg
CAR D vs QB
17.4
15th fewest to QBs (2026)
Upside
High
97 of 100 at QB
Snap share
100%
Through Week 9

Should I drop Tyler Shough for Jayden Daniels?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Jayden Daniels projects 152 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (19.0 a game over 8 games), Tyler Shough 134 (16.8 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts Jayden Daniels over Tyler Shough.

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Our Week 10 call

Start Jayden Daniels over Tyler Shough in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Jayden Daniels at 18.3 points and Tyler Shough at 16.6, a gap of 1.6. No player market is posted for Tyler Shough this week yet, so his 16.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 9 (16.0 and 17.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Jayden Daniels at ADP 74 and Tyler Shough at 147.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 18.3 fantasy points for Jayden Daniels, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jayden Daniels is 203 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 35 rushing yards and 0.3 rushing touchdowns (14, 15, 14 and 14 market sources).

No Week 10 player market is posted for Tyler Shough yet. His market-based projections were 16.0 and 17.3 points in Weeks 7 and 9, an average of 16.6, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

That puts Jayden Daniels 1.6 points ahead of Tyler Shough on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Jayden Daniels and WAS visit NYG on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

NYG allowed 19.5 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 8 games, the 8th most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 189 yards and 1.8 touchdowns a game against NYG, with 0.8 interceptions a game.

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

CAR allowed 17.4 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 7 games, the 15th fewest in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 220 yards and 1.4 touchdowns a game against CAR, with 0.6 interceptions a game.

By points allowed to the position, Jayden Daniels has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Jayden Daniels is not on the injury report.

Tyler Shough is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Jayden Daniels played 92 percent of WAS snaps, dropped back 217 times and threw an average of 8.5 air yards per attempt.

Jayden Daniels, Week 5 against NYG: 62 of 62 snaps, 17 of 25 passes for 199 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 8 carries for 104 yards.

Jayden Daniels, Week 6 against SF: 67 of 67 snaps, 29 of 38 passes for 300 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 3 carries for 11 yards.

Jayden Daniels, Week 8 against PHI: 60 of 60 snaps, 16 of 29 passes for 217 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 23 yards.

Jayden Daniels, Week 9 against LAR: 62 of 62 snaps, 24 of 34 passes for 273 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 4 carries for 16 yards.

Through Week 9, Tyler Shough played 100 percent of NO snaps, dropped back 341 times and threw an average of 7.7 air yards per attempt.

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.

Tyler Shough, Week 9 against CLE: 75 of 75 snaps, 21 of 35 passes for 265 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 9 carries for 52 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jayden Daniels played 7 games for WAS and scored 117.3 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing QB34.

He completed 114 of 188 passes for 1262 yards, 8 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran 58 times for 278 yards and 2 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 91 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 10 calls

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 10, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Tyler Shough for Jayden Daniels?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Jayden Daniels projects 152 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (19.0 a game over 8 games), Tyler Shough 134 (16.8 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts Jayden Daniels over Tyler Shough.

  • Should I drop Jayden Daniels for Tyler Shough?

    No. Keep Jayden Daniels: he projects 152 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (19.0 a game over 8 games), Tyler Shough 134 (16.8 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts Jayden Daniels over Tyler Shough.

Week 10 on the board

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