Drake Maye or Bryce Young: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Drake Maye at 17.8 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 15th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The player markets price Bryce Young at 16.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 books. That is the 23rd highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Drake Maye: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 76th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 7.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Bryce Young: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 91st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 91.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Drake Maye has been on the field for 100 percent of NE snaps, dropped back 69 times and thrown 7.6 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 12 of 69 dropbacks and scrambled 8 times.

In Week 1 against SEA he completed 23 of 33 passes for 178 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 3 interceptions and ran 7 times for 47 yards.

In Week 2 against PIT he completed 14 of 22 passes for 208 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 20 yards.

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.

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.

This season Drake Maye holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 92 percent.

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

1.2 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.