Justin Herbert or Bryce Young: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Justin Herbert at 16.7 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 books. That is the 20th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The player markets price Bryce Young at 16.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 books. That is the 22nd highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Justin Herbert: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 84th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 23; 2QB: ADP 26.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Bryce Young: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 87th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 91.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Justin Herbert has been on the field for 100 percent of LAC snaps, dropped back 66 times and thrown 10.0 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 13 of 66 dropbacks and scrambled 6 times.

In Week 1 against ARI he completed 17 of 27 passes for 209 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 5 times for 29 yards.

In Week 2 against LV he completed 15 of 27 passes for 192 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 3 times for 2 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Justin Herbert played 16 games and scored 299.9 PPR points, 18.7 a game, finishing QB10.

He threw for 3727 yards on 512 attempts with 26 touchdowns and 13 interceptions, and ran for 498 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 32.0 attempts a game at 7.3 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 97 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.

Both were available for 16 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Justin Herbert scored 18.7 PPR points a game and Bryce Young 14.3, 4.4 a game between them.

Justin Herbert finished QB10 that year and Bryce Young QB19.

Justin Herbert had 34 more pass attempts than Bryce Young, 512 to 478.

Justin Herbert had 716 more passing yards than Bryce Young, 3727 to 3011.

This season Justin Herbert holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 92 percent.

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

Byes and availability

Justin Herbert is off in Week 7 and Bryce Young in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.1 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.