Should I start T.J. Hockenson or Bryce Young in Week 10?
Updated Nov 11, 1:16 AM ET. Week 11 answers post Tuesday.
Start Bryce Young: 93 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against T.J. Hockenson's 50 percent of the snaps and 14 percent of the targets. 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 T.J. Hockenson for Bryce Young?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Bryce Young projects 133 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (16.6 a game over 8 games), T.J. Hockenson 82 (10.2 a game over 8 games).
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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.
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- Overall rank
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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 T.J. Hockenson, and the board ranks him 67th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Bryce Young, and the board ranks him 69th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 40.
The market-based projections
T.J. Hockenson's market-based projection is 10.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 7 market sources. That is the 67th highest figure of the 213 players with a market-based projection.
The market-based projection for Bryce Young is 18.0 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 7 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 9
Through Week 9, T.J. Hockenson has been on the field for 65 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 16 of the offence's 75 third down targets, had 1 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 21 two minute targets.
His 44 targets have averaged 7.5 air yards.
In Week 7 against IND he caught 4 of 5 targets for 35 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 8 against DET he caught 4 of 5 targets for 58 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 9 against BUF he caught 4 of 7 targets for 33 yards and did not score.
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.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 T.J. Hockenson played 15 games and scored 112.8 PPR points, 7.5 a game, finishing TE26.
He caught 51 of 66 targets for 438 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.
That came to 4.4 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 8.6 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 79 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.
Bryce Young was available for 1 game more.
Side by side
In 2025 Bryce Young scored 14.3 PPR points a game and T.J. Hockenson 7.5, 6.8 a game between them.
T.J. Hockenson finished TE26 and Bryce Young QB19, which are two different ladders.
T.J. Hockenson is a tight end and Bryce Young a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.
Byes and availability
T.J. Hockenson is off in Week 6 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.
Drop or keep
Should I drop T.J. Hockenson for Bryce Young?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Bryce Young projects 133 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (16.6 a game over 8 games), T.J. Hockenson 82 (10.2 a game over 8 games).
Should I drop Bryce Young for T.J. Hockenson?
No. Keep Bryce Young: he projects 133 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (16.6 a game over 8 games), T.J. Hockenson 82 (10.2 a game over 8 games).
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