Bryce Young or Fernando Mendoza: who should I start in Week 5?
Neither man carries a posted season price right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
Updated Oct 9, 2026 at 8:51 AM ET
Neither is in the consensus draft sample any more, and the market prices neither of them this season, so there is no current market order to give between these two. What follows is what each of them has already done.
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QB32 · CAR · on bye this week
2026 vs pass yds line 4-0
- Market price
- 17.2 pts a game Wk 4 price
- Overall rank
- 227
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 10
QB37 · LV · bye 13
- Overall rank
- 253
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 10
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The gap
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Board size258 draftable players
Consensus average draft position has stopped updating on these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out rather than printed stale. The verdict line above restates the market price and nothing else.
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Where the draft room stands
Drafters have formed no consensus on Bryce Young: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 227th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 40.
Drafters have formed no consensus on Fernando Mendoza: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 253rd overall on the rest of his evidence.
What the player markets price
No season market is posted for Bryce Young, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for Fernando Mendoza, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.
This season through Week 4
Through Week 4, Bryce Young has been on the field for 96 percent of CAR snaps, dropped back 175 times and thrown 9.1 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 31 of 175 dropbacks and scrambled 4 times.
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.
In Week 3 against CLE he completed 26 of 47 passes for 291 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception.
In Week 4 against DET he completed 29 of 41 passes for 329 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 7 yards.
The usage feed holds no snap or target counts for Fernando Mendoza this season.
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.
Fernando Mendoza is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.
Byes and availability
Bryce Young is off in Week 5 and Fernando Mendoza in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.
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