Start Bryce Young or Deshaun Watson? Week 3

Our Week 3 call

Start Bryce Young over Deshaun Watson in Week 3.

De-vigged player props project Bryce Young at 17.2 points and Deshaun Watson at 17.0, a gap of 0.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Both numbers are scaled up from a partial market: the books have not posted every stat the position needs, so the rest is estimated from what they have.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 17.2 fantasy points for Bryce Young, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The books have Bryce Young at 217.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 14.5 rushing yards, with a 17% chance to score a touchdown (11, 16, 14 and 15 books).

Player prop markets imply 17.0 fantasy points for Deshaun Watson, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The books have Deshaun Watson at 190.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 25.5 rushing yards, with a 20% chance to score a touchdown (14, 16, 14 and 15 books).

That puts Bryce Young 0.2 points ahead of Deshaun Watson on the books.

Injury status

Bryce Young is not on the injury report.

Deshaun Watson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 3

Through Week 2, Bryce Young played 92 percent of CAR snaps, dropped back 80 times and threw an average of 9.2 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.

Through Week 2, Deshaun Watson played 100 percent of CLE snaps, dropped back 65 times and threw an average of 6.5 air yards per attempt.

Deshaun Watson, Week 1 against JAX: 51 of 51 snaps, 16 of 22 passes for 205 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 6 carries for 38 yards.

Deshaun Watson, Week 2 against TB: 58 of 58 snaps, 24 of 30 passes for 238 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 5 carries for 24 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.

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.

Their other Week 3 calls

• Start Bryce Young over Bo Nix.
• Start Bryce Young over C.J. Stroud.
• Start Dak Prescott over Bryce Young.
• Start Deshaun Watson over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Deshaun Watson over Baker Mayfield.
• Start Deshaun Watson over Bo Nix.