Bryce Young or Kyler Murray: 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 16 books. That is the 23rd highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The player markets price Kyler Murray at 16.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 books. That is the 26th highest figure of the 186 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 87th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 91.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kyler Murray: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 95th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 46.

This season so far

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 1, Kyler Murray has been on the field for 17 percent of MIN snaps, dropped back 7 times and thrown 7.0 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 1 of 7 dropbacks and scrambled 2 times.

In Week 1 against GB he completed 3 of 5 passes for 18 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 9 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 Kyler Murray played 5 games and scored 80.8 PPR points, 16.2 a game, finishing QB38.

He threw for 962 yards on 161 attempts with 6 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran for 173 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 32.2 attempts a game at 6.0 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 99 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Bryce Young was available for 11 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Kyler Murray scored 16.2 PPR points a game and Bryce Young 14.3, 1.8 a game between them.

Bryce Young finished QB19 that year and Kyler Murray QB38.

Bryce Young had 317 more pass attempts than Kyler Murray, 478 to 161.

Bryce Young had 2049 more passing yards than Kyler Murray, 3011 to 962.

This season Bryce Young holds the bigger snap share, 92 percent against 17 percent.

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

Byes and availability

Bryce Young is off in Week 5 and Kyler Murray in Week 6, 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.