Should I start Brock Purdy or Bryce Young in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Brock Purdy, and the board ranks him 39th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Bryce Young, and the board ranks him 50th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 40.

The market-based projections

Brock Purdy's market-based projection is 19.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 9th highest figure of the 211 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Bryce Young is 18.1 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 2 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Bryce Young's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Brock Purdy has been on the field for 97 percent of SF snaps, dropped back 261 times and thrown 8.1 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 29 of 261 dropbacks and scrambled 19 times.

In Week 6 against WAS he completed 21 of 29 passes for 264 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 28 yards.

In Week 7 against ATL he completed 27 of 39 passes for 288 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 2 times for 5 yards.

In Week 9 against LV he completed 17 of 25 passes for 232 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 7 times for 40 yards.

Through Week 9, Bryce Young has been on the field for 96 percent of CAR snaps, dropped back 339 times and thrown 8.1 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 55 of 339 dropbacks and scrambled 7 times.

In Week 7 against TB he completed 14 of 27 passes for 163 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 1 time for 9 yards.

In Week 8 against GB he completed 23 of 40 passes for 209 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception.

In Week 9 against DEN he completed 28 of 39 passes for 276 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 13 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Brock Purdy played 9 games and scored 187.4 PPR points, 20.8 a game, finishing QB24.

He threw for 2167 yards on 284 attempts with 20 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, and ran for 147 yards and 3 touchdowns.

That came to 31.6 attempts a game at 7.6 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 98 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Bryce Young played 16 games and scored 229.0 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing QB19.

He threw for 3011 yards on 478 attempts with 23 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and ran for 216 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 29.9 attempts a game at 6.3 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 96 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Bryce Young was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Brock Purdy scored 20.8 PPR points a game and Bryce Young 14.3, 6.5 a game between them.

Brock Purdy finished QB24 that year and Bryce Young QB19.

Bryce Young had 194 more pass attempts than Brock Purdy, 478 to 284.

Bryce Young had 844 more passing yards than Brock Purdy, 3011 to 2167.

This season Brock Purdy holds the bigger snap share, 97 percent against 96 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.

Byes and availability

Brock Purdy is off in Week 8 and Bryce Young in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Bryce Young has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.