Should I start Bryce Young or Justin Herbert in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Bryce Young, and the board ranks him 149th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 40.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Justin Herbert, and the board ranks him 150th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 23; 2QB: ADP 12.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Bryce Young is 1.0 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.

The market-based projection for Justin Herbert is 1.0 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.

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

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Bryce Young has been on the field for 96 percent of CAR snaps, dropped back 339 times and thrown 8.1 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 55 of 339 dropbacks and scrambled 7 times.

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.

In Week 9 against DEN he completed 28 of 39 passes for 276 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 13 yards.

Through Week 9, Justin Herbert has been on the field for 97 percent of LAC snaps, dropped back 287 times and thrown 7.8 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 56 of 287 dropbacks and scrambled 23 times.

In Week 6 against KC he completed 22 of 37 passes for 204 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 5 times for 26 yards.

In Week 8 against LAR he completed 24 of 31 passes for 257 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 2 interceptions and ran 4 times for 15 yards.

In Week 9 against HOU he completed 13 of 23 passes for 193 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 7 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 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.

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.

Bryce Young finished QB19 that year and Justin Herbert QB10.

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, 97 percent against 96 percent.

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

Byes and availability

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

Justin Herbert is listed as questionable on the injury report.