Start Bryce Young or Bo Nix? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Bryce Young over Bo Nix in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Bryce Young at 17.0 points and Bo Nix at 15.0, a gap of 2.0. Bryce Young's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 17.0 fantasy points for Bryce Young, with 80 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market has Bryce Young at 234.5 passing yards (3 market sources).

Player markets imply 15.0 fantasy points for Bo Nix, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market has Bo Nix at 200.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 14.5 rushing yards, with a 18% chance to score a touchdown (12, 14, 13 and 13 market sources).

That puts Bryce Young 2.0 points ahead of Bo Nix on the market projections.

Injury status

Bryce Young is not on the injury report.

Bo Nix is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 4, Bryce Young played 96 percent of CAR snaps, dropped back 175 times and threw an average of 9.1 air yards per attempt.

Bryce Young, Week 1 against CHI: 61 of 68 snaps, 23 of 37 passes for 361 yards, 3 touchdowns and 1 interception, 2 carries for 10 yards.

Bryce Young, Week 2 against ATL: 62 of 66 snaps, 23 of 36 passes for 287 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 6 yards.

Bryce Young, Week 3 against CLE: 77 of 77 snaps, 26 of 47 passes for 291 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception.

Bryce Young, Week 4 against DET: 75 of 75 snaps, 29 of 41 passes for 329 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 7 yards.

Through Week 5, Bo Nix played 100 percent of DEN snaps, dropped back 172 times and threw an average of 5.2 air yards per attempt.

Bo Nix, Week 2 against JAX: 62 of 62 snaps, 22 of 31 passes for 288 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 2 carries for 9 yards.

Bo Nix, Week 3 against LAR: 67 of 67 snaps, 17 of 34 passes for 186 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception, 4 carries for 7 yards.

Bo Nix, Week 4 against SF: 65 of 65 snaps, 25 of 42 passes for 214 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 10 yards.

Bo Nix, Week 5 against LAC: 62 of 62 snaps, 16 of 27 passes for 123 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 4 carries for 10 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Bryce Young played 16 games for CAR and scored 229.0 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing QB19.

He completed 304 of 478 passes for 3011 yards, 23 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and ran 54 times for 216 yards and 2 touchdowns.

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

In 2025, Bo Nix played 17 games for DEN and scored 315.8 PPR points, 18.6 a game, finishing QB7.

He completed 388 of 612 passes for 3931 yards, 25 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and ran 83 times for 356 yards and 5 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 100 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Brock Purdy over Bryce Young.
• Start Bryce Young over Caleb Williams.
• Start Bryce Young over C.J. Stroud.
• Start Brock Purdy over Bo Nix.
• Start Bo Nix over Cam Ward.
• Start C.J. Stroud over Bo Nix.