Should I start Bryce Young or Tanner McKee in Week 7?

Updated Oct 21, 11:36 AM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

Bryce Young and Tanner McKee are too close to call on usage: 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets against 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Tanner McKee for Bryce Young?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Bryce Young projects 182 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (16.5 a game over 11 games), Tanner McKee 131 (13.1 a game over 10 games).

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

Bryce Young

QB9 · CAR · bye 5

2026 vs pass yds line 5-0

Overall rank: 74

Tanner McKee

QB23 · PHI · bye unlisted

Overall rank: 141

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

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.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tanner McKee, and the board ranks him 141st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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.

The market-based projection for Tanner McKee is 13.7 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is 70 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, 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.

Through Week 6, Tanner McKee has been on the field for 100 percent of PHI snaps, dropped back 48 times and thrown 8.0 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 10 of 48 dropbacks.

In Week 6 against CAR he completed 26 of 45 passes for 215 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 0 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 Tanner McKee played 4 games and scored 14.8 PPR points, 3.7 a game, finishing QB55.

He threw for 274 yards on 43 attempts with 1 touchdown and 1 interception, and ran for 8 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 10.8 attempts a game at 6.4 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 3 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Bryce Young was available for 12 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Bryce Young scored 14.3 PPR points a game and Tanner McKee 3.7, 10.6 a game between them.

Bryce Young finished QB19 that year and Tanner McKee QB55.

Bryce Young had 435 more pass attempts than Tanner McKee, 478 to 43.

Bryce Young had 2737 more passing yards than Tanner McKee, 3011 to 274.

This season Tanner McKee holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 97 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 Tanner McKee.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Tanner McKee for Bryce Young?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Bryce Young projects 182 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (16.5 a game over 11 games), Tanner McKee 131 (13.1 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Bryce Young for Tanner McKee?
No. Keep Bryce Young: he projects 182 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (16.5 a game over 11 games), Tanner McKee 131 (13.1 a game over 10 games).