Start Brock Purdy or Bryce Young? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Brock Purdy over Bryce Young in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Brock Purdy at 22.4 points and Bryce Young at 17.6, a gap of 4.8. 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 22.4 fantasy points for Brock Purdy, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market has Brock Purdy at 245.5 passing yards, 2.5 passing touchdowns and 17.5 rushing yards, with a 25% chance to score a touchdown (11, 12, 11 and 11 market sources).

Player markets imply 17.6 fantasy points for Bryce Young, with 80 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

That puts Brock Purdy 4.8 points ahead of Bryce Young on the market projections.

Injury status

Brock Purdy is not on the injury report.

Bryce Young is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Brock Purdy played 97 percent of SF snaps, dropped back 156 times and threw an average of 7.8 air yards per attempt.

Brock Purdy, Week 2 against MIA: 44 of 52 snaps, 20 of 22 passes for 287 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 3 carries for 30 yards.

Brock Purdy, Week 3 against ARI: 54 of 54 snaps, 15 of 27 passes for 297 yards, 4 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 35 yards.

Brock Purdy, Week 4 against DEN: 66 of 66 snaps, 19 of 29 passes for 218 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 8 carries for 31 yards.

Brock Purdy, Week 5 against SEA: 60 of 60 snaps, 19 of 29 passes for 189 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception, 3 carries for 8 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Brock Purdy played 9 games for SF and scored 187.4 PPR points, 20.8 a game, finishing QB24.

He completed 197 of 284 passes for 2167 yards, 20 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, and ran 33 times for 147 yards and 3 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 98 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Brock Purdy over Bo Nix.
• Start Brock Purdy over Caleb Williams.
• Start Brock Purdy over C.J. Stroud.
• Start Bryce Young over Caleb Williams.
• Start Bryce Young over C.J. Stroud.
• Start Dak Prescott over Bryce Young.