Bryce Young or Jalon Daniels: who should I start in Week 6?

The market-based projections

Bryce Young's market-based projection is 16.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 28th highest figure of the 157 players with a market-based projection.

Jalon Daniels's market-based projection is 15.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 32nd highest figure of the 157 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Bryce Young: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 101st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 40.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jalon Daniels: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 110th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

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.

Through Week 5, Jalon Daniels has been on the field for 68 percent of TB snaps, dropped back 71 times and thrown 6.0 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 8 of 71 dropbacks and scrambled 12 times.

In Week 3 against MIN he completed 0 of 3 passes for 0 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 9 yards.

In Week 4 against GB he completed 19 of 27 passes for 148 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 8 times for 55 yards.

In Week 5 against DAL he completed 19 of 25 passes for 189 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 25 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.

Jalon Daniels is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Head to head

This season Bryce Young holds the bigger snap share, 96 percent against 68 percent.

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

Byes and availability

Bryce Young is off in Week 5. No bye is listed for Jalon Daniels.

What would change the answer

0.6 points a game is the entire case. The market restates 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 projection, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market-based projection when it does.