Should I start Ryan Flournoy or Bryce Young in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ryan Flournoy, and the board ranks him 73rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Bryce Young, and the board ranks him 74th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 40.

The market-based projections

Ryan Flournoy's market-based projection is 8.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 90th highest figure of the 201 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Bryce Young is 18.1 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 13 market sources. That is 80 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 6

Through Week 6, Ryan Flournoy has been on the field for 74 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 1 of its 24 chances inside the five and seen 11 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 36 targets have averaged 6.3 air yards.

In Week 4 against HOU he caught 4 of 5 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against TB he caught 3 of 4 targets for 90 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against GB he caught 7 of 9 targets for 40 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Bryce Young has been on the field for 97 percent of CAR snaps, dropped back 217 times and thrown 9.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 35 of 217 dropbacks and scrambled 5 times.

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.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Ryan Flournoy played 16 games and scored 114.0 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing WR57.

He caught 40 of 56 targets for 475 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3-4 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 41 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.

Side by side

In 2025 Bryce Young scored 14.3 PPR points a game and Ryan Flournoy 7.1, 7.2 a game between them.

Ryan Flournoy finished WR57 and Bryce Young QB19, which are two different ladders.

Ryan Flournoy is a wide receiver and Bryce Young a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Ryan Flournoy is off in Week 14 and Bryce Young in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

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