Bryce Young or Marcus Mariota: who should I start in Week 5?
Neither man carries a posted season price right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
Updated Oct 7, 2026 at 11:46 PM ET
Neither is in the consensus draft sample any more, and the market prices neither of them this season, so there is no current market order to give between these two. What follows is what each of them has already done.
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QB32 · CAR · on bye this week
2026 vs pass yds line 4-0
- Market price
- 17.2 pts a game Wk 4 price
- Overall rank
- 191
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 11
QB · WAS · bye unlisted
2025 vs anytime td line 1-10
- Overall rank
- not on the board
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- not tiered
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The gap
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Board size222 draftable players
Consensus average draft position has stopped updating on these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out rather than printed stale. The verdict line above restates the market price and nothing else.
Where the draft room stands
Drafters have formed no consensus on Bryce Young: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 191st overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 43.
Our board does not carry Marcus Mariota at all right now: the consensus draft sample has dropped him and there is no player market on him this week, so he has no rank, no tier and no ADP here.
What the player markets price
No season market is posted for Bryce Young, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for Marcus Mariota, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.
This season through Week 4
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 4, Marcus Mariota has been on the field for 54 percent of WAS snaps, dropped back 57 times and thrown 8.9 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 15 of 57 dropbacks and scrambled 3 times.
In Week 2 against DAL he completed 11 of 16 passes for 111 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 3 yards.
In Week 3 against SEA he completed 19 of 31 passes for 183 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 13 yards.
In Week 4 against IND he completed 3 of 4 passes for 46 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 35 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 Marcus Mariota played 11 games and scored 132.5 PPR points, 12.0 a game, finishing QB32.
He threw for 1695 yards on 227 attempts with 10 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran for 297 yards and 1 touchdown.
That came to 20.6 attempts a game at 7.5 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 54 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Bryce Young was available for 5 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Bryce Young scored 14.3 PPR points a game and Marcus Mariota 12.0, 2.3 a game between them.
Bryce Young finished QB19 that year and Marcus Mariota QB32.
Bryce Young had 251 more pass attempts than Marcus Mariota, 478 to 227.
Bryce Young had 1316 more passing yards than Marcus Mariota, 3011 to 1695.
This season Bryce Young holds the bigger snap share, 96 percent against 54 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 Marcus Mariota.
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