Should I start Dak Prescott or Bryce Young in Week 10?
Updated Nov 10, 1:36 PM ET. Week 11 answers post Tuesday.
Week 10 verdict
Start Dak Prescott over Bryce Young
- Market projects
- 17.7
- fantasy pts
- SF D vs QB
- 15.7
- 9th fewest to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 100%
- Through Week 9
- Market projects
- 15.2
- recent weeks avg
- NO D vs QB
- 18.4
- 13th most to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 96%
- Through Week 9
Start Dak Prescott: 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Bryce Young's 93 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
Should I drop Dak Prescott for Bryce Young?
Not on these numbers alone. Dak Prescott projects 128 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (18.3 a game over 7 games) and Bryce Young 134 (16.8 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 10 the call starts Dak Prescott over Bryce Young.
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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.
QB5 · DAL · bye 14
2026 vs pass yds line 5-4
- Market-based projection
- 17.6 pts a game
QB19 · CAR · bye 5
2026 vs pass yds line 6-2
- Market-based projection
- 15.5 pts a game Wk 9 price
- Overall rank
- 159
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The gap
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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Dak Prescott, and the board ranks him 12th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Bryce Young, and the board ranks him 159th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 40.
The market-based projections
Dak Prescott's market-based projection is 17.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 5 market sources. That is the 9th highest figure of the 208 players with a market-based projection.
The market-based projection for Bryce Young is 1.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 0 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, Dak Prescott has been on the field for 100 percent of DAL snaps, dropped back 368 times and thrown 8.2 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 50 of 368 dropbacks and scrambled 18 times.
In Week 7 against PHI he completed 15 of 27 passes for 212 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 8 yards.
In Week 8 against ARI he completed 19 of 29 passes for 195 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 6 times for 21 yards.
In Week 9 against IND he completed 21 of 34 passes for 335 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 2 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 Dak Prescott played 17 games and scored 323.8 PPR points, 19.0 a game, finishing QB6.
He threw for 4552 yards on 600 attempts with 30 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, and ran for 177 yards and 2 touchdowns.
That came to 35.3 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.
Dak Prescott was available for 1 game more.
Head to head
In 2025 Dak Prescott scored 19.0 PPR points a game and Bryce Young 14.3, 4.7 a game between them.
Dak Prescott finished QB6 that year and Bryce Young QB19.
Dak Prescott had 122 more pass attempts than Bryce Young, 600 to 478.
Dak Prescott had 1541 more passing yards than Bryce Young, 4552 to 3011.
This season Dak Prescott holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 96 percent.
Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.
Byes and availability
Dak Prescott is off in Week 14 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.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Dak Prescott for Bryce Young?
Not on these numbers alone. Dak Prescott projects 128 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (18.3 a game over 7 games) and Bryce Young 134 (16.8 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 10 the call starts Dak Prescott over Bryce Young.
Should I drop Bryce Young for Dak Prescott?
Not on these numbers alone. Bryce Young projects 134 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (16.8 a game over 8 games) and Dak Prescott 128 (18.3 a game over 7 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 10 the call starts Dak Prescott over Bryce Young.
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