Start Tyler Shough or Kirk Cousins? Week 10
Updated Nov 10, 1:11 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 11 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Tyler Shough over Kirk Cousins
- Market projects
- 16.6
- recent weeks avg
- CAR D vs QB
- 17.4
- 15th fewest to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 100%
- Through Week 9
- Market projects
- 13.7
- recent weeks avg
- SEA D vs QB
- 11.9
- 2nd fewest to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 98%
- Through Week 9
Should I drop Kirk Cousins for Tyler Shough?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Tyler Shough projects 134 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (16.8 a game over 8 games), Kirk Cousins 104 (14.8 a game over 7 games). For Week 10 the call starts Tyler Shough over Kirk Cousins.
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Our Week 10 call
Start Tyler Shough over Kirk Cousins in Week 10.
Market-based projections have Tyler Shough at 16.6 points and Kirk Cousins at 13.7, a gap of 2.9. 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. No player market is posted for Kirk Cousins this week yet, so his 13.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (15.1, 14.8 and 11.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.
What the market projects
No Week 10 player market is posted for Kirk Cousins yet. His market-based projections were 15.1, 14.8 and 11.2 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 13.7, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.
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 Tyler Shough 2.9 points ahead of Kirk Cousins on these projections.
Week 10 matchups
Kirk Cousins and LV host SEA on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.
SEA allowed 11.9 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 8 games, the 2nd fewest in the league.
Quarterbacks threw for 169 yards and 1.1 touchdowns a game against SEA, with an interception 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, Tyler Shough has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Kirk Cousins is not on the injury report.
Tyler Shough is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 10
Through Week 9, Kirk Cousins played 98 percent of LV snaps, dropped back 328 times and threw an average of 8.1 air yards per attempt.
Kirk Cousins, Week 6 against BUF: 66 of 66 snaps, 23 of 41 passes for 313 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception.
Kirk Cousins, Week 7 against LAR: 68 of 68 snaps, 26 of 44 passes for 295 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 3 carries for 6 yards.
Kirk Cousins, Week 8 against NYJ: 63 of 63 snaps, 19 of 26 passes for 247 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 3 carries for 5 yards.
Kirk Cousins, Week 9 against SF: 50 of 50 snaps, 22 of 32 passes for 216 yards, 1 touchdown and 3 interceptions, 2 carries for 0 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, Kirk Cousins played 10 games for ATL and scored 108.5 PPR points, 10.9 a game, finishing QB35.
He completed 166 of 269 passes for 1721 yards, 10 touchdowns and 5 interceptions, and ran 14 times for 7 yards and 1 touchdown.
He was on the field for 46 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 Kirk Cousins for Tyler Shough?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Tyler Shough projects 134 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (16.8 a game over 8 games), Kirk Cousins 104 (14.8 a game over 7 games). For Week 10 the call starts Tyler Shough over Kirk Cousins.
Should I drop Tyler Shough for Kirk Cousins?
No. Keep Tyler Shough: he projects 134 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (16.8 a game over 8 games), Kirk Cousins 104 (14.8 a game over 7 games). For Week 10 the call starts Tyler Shough over Kirk Cousins.
Week 10 on the board
- Is Tyler Shough playing Week 10?
- Is Kirk Cousins playing Week 10?
- Saints depth chart
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- Week 10 QB rankings
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- Week 10 start or sit
- Week 10 waiver wire
- Week 10 trade value chart
- Trade deadline buy low, sell high
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- Fantasy sleepers
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