Start Daniel Jones or Bryce Young? Week 1

Our Week 1 call

Start Daniel Jones over Bryce Young in Week 1.

Bryce Young is priced by the books at 8.3 projected points and Daniel Jones is not priced at all, so we are leaning on where drafters take them. Drafters take Daniel Jones at ADP 181 and Bryce Young at 216.

What the books imply

No sportsbook posted a player market for Daniel Jones in Week 1.

Player prop markets imply 8.3 fantasy points for Bryce Young, with 45 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

Week 1 matchups

Daniel Jones and IND host BAL.

BAL allowed 10.0 fantasy points to QBs in its one game this season, the 5th fewest in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 166 yards and a touchdown against BAL, with an interception.

Bryce Young and CAR host CHI on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CHI allowed 34.8 fantasy points to QBs in its one game this season, the 3rd most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 361 yards and 3 touchdowns against CHI, with an interception.

By points allowed to the position, Bryce Young has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Daniel Jones was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Bryce Young was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Daniel Jones played 13 games for IND and scored 234.4 PPR points, 18.0 a game, finishing QB17.

He completed 261 of 384 passes for 3101 yards, 19 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran 45 times for 164 yards and 5 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 91 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.

Bryce Young, Week 18 of 2025 against TB: 51 of 51 snaps, 24 of 35 passes for 266 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception, 2 carries for -1 yards, 17.5 PPR points.

Bryce Young, Week 17 of 2025 against SEA: 53 of 53 snaps, 14 of 24 passes for 54 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 9 carries for 27 yards, 9.9 PPR points.

Bryce Young, Week 16 of 2025 against TB: 54 of 54 snaps, 21 of 32 passes for 191 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 4 carries for 20 yards, 17.6 PPR points.

How Week 1 went

Daniel Jones scored 10.0 PPR points and Bryce Young scored 32.4.

The call was wrong: Bryce Young outscored Daniel Jones by 22.4.

Daniel Jones, Week 1 against BAL: 54 of 54 snaps, 19 of 31 passes for 166 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 1 carry for 4 yards, 10.0 PPR points.

Daniel Jones finished as the week's QB28 in PPR scoring.

Bryce Young finished 24.1 points above the 8.3 the props implied.

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, 32.4 PPR points.

Bryce Young finished as the week's QB3 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 1 calls

• Start Daniel Jones over Cam Ward.
• Start Daniel Jones over C.J. Stroud.
• Start Daniel Jones over Jacoby Brissett.
• Start Bryce Young over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Cam Ward over Bryce Young.
• Start C.J. Stroud over Bryce Young.