Should I start Bryce Young or Geno Smith in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Bryce Young, and the board ranks him 10th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 40.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Geno Smith, and the board ranks him 182nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Bryce Young's market-based projection is 16.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 6 market sources. That is the 11th highest figure of the 211 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Geno Smith is 0.5 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.

Geno Smith's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Bryce Young has been on the field for 95 percent of CAR snaps, dropped back 296 times and thrown 8.1 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 50 of 296 dropbacks and scrambled 6 times.

In Week 6 against PHI he completed 20 of 39 passes for 281 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 8 yards.

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.

Through Week 8, Geno Smith has been on the field for 100 percent of NYJ snaps, dropped back 272 times and thrown 7.9 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 46 of 272 dropbacks and scrambled 11 times.

In Week 6 against NE he completed 20 of 30 passes for 252 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 0 yards.

In Week 7 against MIA he completed 23 of 30 passes for 287 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 1 yards.

In Week 8 against LV he completed 20 of 32 passes for 290 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 4 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.

In 2025 Geno Smith played 15 games and scored 190.9 PPR points, 12.7 a game, finishing QB23.

He threw for 3025 yards on 448 attempts with 19 touchdowns and 17 interceptions, and ran for 109 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 29.9 attempts a game at 6.8 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 97 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Bryce Young was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Bryce Young scored 14.3 PPR points a game and Geno Smith 12.7, 1.6 a game between them.

Bryce Young finished QB19 that year and Geno Smith QB23.

Bryce Young had 30 more pass attempts than Geno Smith, 478 to 448.

Geno Smith had 14 more passing yards than Bryce Young, 3025 to 3011.

This season Geno Smith holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 95 percent.

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

Byes and availability

Bryce Young is off in Week 5 and Geno Smith in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Geno Smith has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.