Bryce Young or J.K. Dobbins: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Bryce Young at 16.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 24th highest figure of the 174 players the books price.

The player markets price J.K. Dobbins at 9.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 books. That is the 105th highest figure of the 174 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Bryce Young: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 96th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 91.

Drafters have formed no consensus on J.K. Dobbins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 97th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 95.

This season through Week 2

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.

Through Week 2, J.K. Dobbins has been on the field for 38 percent of DEN snaps, taken 46 percent of the carries, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 15 third down targets, had 3 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 2 two minute targets.

In Week 1 against KC he carried 8 times for 36 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against JAX he carried 10 times for 36 yards and did not score.

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 J.K. Dobbins played 10 games and scored 115.9 PPR points, 11.6 a game, finishing RB43.

He carried 153 times for 772 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 11 of 14 targets for 37 more yards.

That came to 15.3 carries a game at 5.0 yards a carry and 1.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 51 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Bryce Young was available for 6 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Bryce Young scored 14.3 PPR points a game and J.K. Dobbins 11.6, 2.7 a game between them.

Bryce Young finished QB19 and J.K. Dobbins RB43, which are two different ladders.

Bryce Young is a quarterback and J.K. Dobbins a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Bryce Young is off in Week 5 and J.K. Dobbins in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

7.6 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.