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Should I start Jacoby Brissett or Bryce Young in Week 8?

Updated Nov 2, 9:31 PM ET.

Week 8 verdict

Start Jacoby Brissett over Bryce Young

Wrong: 4.5 to 11.4
Start

Jacoby Brissett

QB · ARI · at DAL · final

Market projected
17.3
pre-game
DAL D vs QB
20.0
8th most to QBs (2026)
Upside
High
97 of 100 at QB
Scored
4.5
PPR pts
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Bryce Young

QB · CAR · at GB · final

Market projected
17.0
pre-game
GB D vs QB
14.3
5th fewest to QBs (2026)
Upside
Limited
22 of 100 at QB
Snap share
100%
Week 8
Scored
11.4
PPR pts

Start Jacoby Brissett: 100 percent of the snaps and 1 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Bryce Young's 94 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Jacoby Brissett for Bryce Young?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Bryce Young projects 152 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (16.9 a game over 9 games), Jacoby Brissett 125 (15.6 a game over 8 games).

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

Jacoby Brissett

QB10 · ARI · bye 14

2026 vs pass yds line 4-4

Market-based projection
17.1 pts a game Wk 8 price
Overall rank
82

Bryce Young

QB11 · CAR · bye 5

2026 vs pass yds line 5-2

Market-based projection
17.0 pts a game Wk 8 price
Overall rank
85

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The gap

  • Board size330 draftable players

Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jacoby Brissett, and the board ranks him 82nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 44.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Bryce Young, and the board ranks him 85th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 40.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Jacoby Brissett, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for Bryce Young, 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 8

Through Week 8, Jacoby Brissett has been on the field for 100 percent of ARI snaps, dropped back 331 times and thrown 7.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 61 of 331 dropbacks and scrambled 9 times.

In Week 6 against LAR he completed 24 of 35 passes for 218 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 2 yards.

In Week 7 against DEN he completed 27 of 48 passes for 272 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 7 times for 16 yards.

In Week 8 against DAL he completed 10 of 23 passes for 119 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 3 times for 7 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jacoby Brissett played 14 games and scored 235.4 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing QB16.

He threw for 3366 yards on 485 attempts with 23 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 168 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 34.6 attempts a game at 6.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 70 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.

Bryce Young was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jacoby Brissett scored 16.8 PPR points a game and Bryce Young 14.3, 2.5 a game between them.

Jacoby Brissett finished QB16 that year and Bryce Young QB19.

Jacoby Brissett had 7 more pass attempts than Bryce Young, 485 to 478.

Jacoby Brissett had 355 more passing yards than Bryce Young, 3366 to 3011.

This season Jacoby Brissett holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 95 percent.

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

Byes and availability

Jacoby Brissett is off in Week 14 and Bryce Young in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Jacoby Brissett for Bryce Young?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Bryce Young projects 152 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (16.9 a game over 9 games), Jacoby Brissett 125 (15.6 a game over 8 games).

  • Should I drop Bryce Young for Jacoby Brissett?

    No. Keep Bryce Young: he projects 152 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (16.9 a game over 9 games), Jacoby Brissett 125 (15.6 a game over 8 games).

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