Start Tyler Shough or Jordan Love? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Tyler Shough over Jordan Love in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Tyler Shough at 17.0 points and Jordan Love at 16.7, a gap of 0.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. 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. Drafters take Tyler Shough at ADP 147 and Jordan Love at 152.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 17.0 fantasy points for Tyler Shough, with 80 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Tyler Shough is 226 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns and 0.3 rushing touchdowns (9, 12 and 11 market sources).

Player markets imply 16.7 fantasy points for Jordan Love, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jordan Love is 275 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 4 rushing yards and 0.1 rushing touchdowns (12, 15, 12 and 10 market sources).

That puts Tyler Shough 0.3 points ahead of Jordan Love on the market projections.

Week 9 matchups

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

CLE allowed 14.2 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 8 games, the 7th fewest in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 215 yards and 1.4 touchdowns a game against CLE, with 0.8 interceptions a game.

Jordan Love and GB visit NE on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

NE allowed 15.7 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 8 games, the 10th fewest in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 236 yards and 1.4 touchdowns a game against NE, with 0.6 interceptions a game.

By points allowed to the position, Jordan Love has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Tyler Shough is not on the injury report.

Jordan Love is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

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.

Through Week 8, Jordan Love played 100 percent of GB snaps, dropped back 327 times and threw an average of 9.2 air yards per attempt.

Jordan Love, Week 5 against CHI: 59 of 61 snaps, 25 of 31 passes for 367 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 6 yards.

Jordan Love, Week 6 against DAL: 75 of 75 snaps, 23 of 41 passes for 276 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 2 carries for 14 yards.

Jordan Love, Week 7 against DET: 67 of 67 snaps, 27 of 45 passes for 274 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception.

Jordan Love, Week 8 against CAR: 69 of 69 snaps, 30 of 41 passes for 288 yards, 3 touchdowns and 1 interception.

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.

In 2025, Jordan Love played 15 games for GB and scored 241.1 PPR points, 16.1 a game, finishing QB15.

He completed 291 of 439 passes for 3381 yards, 23 touchdowns and 6 interceptions, and ran 47 times for 199 yards and 0 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 94 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Tyler Shough over Baker Mayfield.
• Start Bo Nix over Tyler Shough.
• Start Brock Purdy over Tyler Shough.
• Start Jordan Love over Baker Mayfield.
• Start Bo Nix over Jordan Love.
• Start Brock Purdy over Jordan Love.