Should I start Bryce Young or Sam Darnold in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Bryce Young, and the board ranks him 160th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 40.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Sam Darnold, and the board ranks him 178th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 26.

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 Sam Darnold is 0.7 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 so far

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 8, Sam Darnold has been on the field for 90 percent of SEA snaps, dropped back 235 times and thrown 6.9 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 45 of 235 dropbacks and scrambled 9 times.

In Week 6 against DEN he completed 27 of 49 passes for 278 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 2 interceptions and ran 2 times for 19 yards.

In Week 7 against KC he completed 20 of 28 passes for 257 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 17 yards.

In Week 8 against CHI he completed 17 of 34 passes for 188 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 20 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 Sam Darnold played 17 games and scored 249.4 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing QB13.

He threw for 4048 yards on 477 attempts with 25 touchdowns and 14 interceptions, and ran for 95 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 28.1 attempts a game at 9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 96 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Sam Darnold was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Sam Darnold scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Bryce Young 14.3, 0.4 a game between them.

Bryce Young finished QB19 that year and Sam Darnold QB13.

Bryce Young had 1 more pass attempts than Sam Darnold, 478 to 477.

Sam Darnold had 1037 more passing yards than Bryce Young, 4048 to 3011.

This season Bryce Young holds the bigger snap share, 96 percent against 90 percent.

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

Byes and availability

Bryce Young is off in Week 5 and Sam Darnold in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Sam Darnold is listed as out on the injury report.