Should I start Drake Maye or Bryce Young in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Drake Maye, and the board ranks him 38th 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

Drake Maye's market-based projection is 19.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 8th 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, Drake Maye has been on the field for 96 percent of NE snaps, dropped back 318 times and thrown 9.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 47 of 318 dropbacks and scrambled 27 times.

In Week 7 against CHI he completed 24 of 30 passes for 321 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 4 times for 26 yards.

In Week 8 against MIA he completed 16 of 20 passes for 199 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 7 yards.

In Week 9 against GB he completed 21 of 38 passes for 299 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 3 interceptions and ran 1 time for 3 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 Drake Maye played 17 games and scored 360.0 PPR points, 21.2 a game, finishing QB2.

He threw for 4394 yards on 492 attempts with 31 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 450 yards and 4 touchdowns.

That came to 28.9 attempts a game at 8.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 97 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.

Drake Maye was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Drake Maye scored 21.2 PPR points a game and Bryce Young 14.3, 6.9 a game between them.

Drake Maye finished QB2 that year and Bryce Young QB19.

Drake Maye had 14 more pass attempts than Bryce Young, 492 to 478.

Drake Maye had 1383 more passing yards than Bryce Young, 4394 to 3011.

Their snap share this season is the same, 96 percent each.

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

Byes and availability

Drake Maye is off in Week 11 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.