Bryce Young or Deshaun Watson: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Bryce Young at 16.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 24th highest figure of the 174 players the books price.

The player markets price Deshaun Watson at 12.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 18 books. That is the 70th highest figure of the 174 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Bryce Young: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 96th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 91.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Deshaun Watson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 156th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 162.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Bryce Young has been on the field for 92 percent of CAR snaps, dropped back 80 times and thrown 9.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 11 of 80 dropbacks and scrambled 3 times.

In Week 1 against CHI he completed 23 of 37 passes for 361 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 10 yards.

In Week 2 against ATL he completed 23 of 36 passes for 287 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 6 yards.

Through Week 2, Deshaun Watson has been on the field for 100 percent of CLE snaps, dropped back 65 times and thrown 6.5 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 13 of 65 dropbacks and scrambled 6 times.

In Week 1 against JAX he completed 16 of 22 passes for 205 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 6 times for 38 yards.

In Week 2 against TB he completed 24 of 30 passes for 238 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 24 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

The season feed carries no line for Deshaun Watson in the last completed season.

Head to head

This season Deshaun Watson holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 92 percent.

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

Byes and availability

Bryce Young is off in Week 5 and Deshaun Watson in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

4.4 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.