Start Dak Prescott or Bryce Young? Week 10
Updated Nov 10, 1:36 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 11 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Dak Prescott over Bryce Young

- Market projects
- 17.7
- fantasy pts
- SF D vs QB
- 15.7
- 9th fewest to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 100%
- Through Week 9

- Market projects
- 15.2
- recent weeks avg
- NO D vs QB
- 18.4
- 13th most to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 96%
- Through Week 9
Should I drop Dak Prescott for Bryce Young?
Not on these numbers alone. Dak Prescott projects 128 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (18.3 a game over 7 games) and Bryce Young 134 (16.8 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 10 the call starts Dak Prescott over Bryce Young.
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Our Week 10 call
Start Dak Prescott over Bryce Young in Week 10.
Market-based projections have Dak Prescott at 17.7 points and Bryce Young at 15.2, a gap of 2.5. No player market is posted for Bryce Young this week yet, so his 15.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (17.4, 17.0 and 11.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Dak Prescott at ADP 64 and Bryce Young at 212.
What the market projects
Player markets imply 17.7 fantasy points for Dak Prescott, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market-based projection for Dak Prescott is 266 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 10 rushing yards and 0.2 rushing touchdowns (8, 9, 8 and 5 market sources).
No Week 10 player market is posted for Bryce Young yet. His market-based projections were 17.4, 17.0 and 11.3 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 15.2, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.
That puts Dak Prescott 2.5 points ahead of Bryce Young on these projections.
Week 10 matchups
Dak Prescott and DAL host SF on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.
SF allowed 15.7 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 8 games, the 9th fewest in the league.
Quarterbacks threw for 223 yards and 1.4 touchdowns a game against SF, with 0.8 interceptions a game.
Bryce Young and CAR visit NO on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
NO allowed 18.4 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 8 games, the 13th most in the league.
Quarterbacks threw for 256 yards and 1.6 touchdowns a game against NO, with 0.5 interceptions a game.
By points allowed to the position, Bryce Young has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Dak Prescott is not on the injury report.
Bryce Young is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 10
Through Week 9, Dak Prescott played 100 percent of DAL snaps, dropped back 368 times and threw an average of 8.2 air yards per attempt.
Dak Prescott, Week 6 against GB: 78 of 78 snaps, 34 of 54 passes for 258 yards, 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions, 2 carries for 7 yards.
Dak Prescott, Week 7 against PHI: 68 of 68 snaps, 15 of 27 passes for 212 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 8 yards.
Dak Prescott, Week 8 against ARI: 74 of 74 snaps, 19 of 29 passes for 195 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 6 carries for 21 yards.
Dak Prescott, Week 9 against IND: 79 of 79 snaps, 21 of 34 passes for 335 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 2 yards.
Through Week 9, Bryce Young played 96 percent of CAR snaps, dropped back 339 times and threw an average of 8.1 air yards per attempt.
Bryce Young, Week 6 against PHI: 79 of 79 snaps, 20 of 39 passes for 281 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 8 yards.
Bryce Young, Week 7 against TB: 43 of 56 snaps, 14 of 27 passes for 163 yards, 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions, 1 carry for 9 yards.
Bryce Young, Week 8 against GB: 73 of 73 snaps, 23 of 40 passes for 209 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception.
Bryce Young, Week 9 against DEN: 66 of 66 snaps, 28 of 39 passes for 276 yards, 3 touchdowns and 1 interception, 1 carry for 13 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Dak Prescott played 17 games for DAL and scored 323.8 PPR points, 19.0 a game, finishing QB6.
He completed 404 of 600 passes for 4552 yards, 30 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, and ran 53 times for 177 yards and 2 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 10 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 10, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Dak Prescott for Bryce Young?
Not on these numbers alone. Dak Prescott projects 128 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (18.3 a game over 7 games) and Bryce Young 134 (16.8 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 10 the call starts Dak Prescott over Bryce Young.
Should I drop Bryce Young for Dak Prescott?
Not on these numbers alone. Bryce Young projects 134 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (16.8 a game over 8 games) and Dak Prescott 128 (18.3 a game over 7 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 10 the call starts Dak Prescott over Bryce Young.
Week 10 on the board
- Is Dak Prescott playing Week 10?
- Is Bryce Young playing Week 10?
- Cowboys depth chart
- Panthers depth chart
- Week 10 QB rankings
- Week 10 fantasy rankings
- Week 10 start or sit
- Week 10 waiver wire
- Week 10 trade value chart
- Trade deadline buy low, sell high
- Fantasy football rankings
- Start 'em sit 'em Week 10
- Waiver wire pickups
- Fantasy sleepers
- Rest of season rankings
- Week 10 kicker rankings
- Week 10 defense rankings