Should I start Bryce Young or Quinshon Judkins in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Bryce Young, and the board ranks him 111th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 40.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Quinshon Judkins, and the board ranks him 112th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Bryce Young's market-based projection is 15.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 32nd highest figure of the 219 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Quinshon Judkins is 3.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Bryce Young has been on the field for 95 percent of CAR snaps, dropped back 296 times and thrown 8.1 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 50 of 296 dropbacks and scrambled 6 times.

In Week 6 against PHI he completed 20 of 39 passes for 281 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 8 yards.

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.

Through Week 8, Quinshon Judkins has been on the field for 55 percent of CLE snaps, taken 62 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 41 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 7 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 23 targets have come 1.6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against NYJ he carried 14 times for 44 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against TEN he carried 17 times for 96 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 8 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 8 against PIT he carried 11 times for 25 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 24 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 Quinshon Judkins played 15 games and scored 169.8 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing RB26.

He carried 230 times for 827 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 26 of 36 targets for 171 more yards.

That came to 15.3 carries a game at 3.6 yards a carry and 1.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 50 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Bryce Young was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Bryce Young scored 14.3 PPR points a game and Quinshon Judkins 11.3, 3.0 a game between them.

Bryce Young finished QB19 and Quinshon Judkins RB26, which are two different ladders.

Bryce Young is a quarterback and Quinshon Judkins 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 Quinshon Judkins in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Quinshon Judkins has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.