Start Drake Maye or Bryce Young? Week 3

Our Week 3 call

Start Drake Maye over Bryce Young in Week 3.

De-vigged player props project Drake Maye at 18.6 points and Bryce Young at 17.4, a gap of 1.1. 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 18.6 fantasy points for Drake Maye, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The books have Drake Maye at 218.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 25.5 rushing yards, with a 25% chance to score a touchdown (17, 17, 12 and 15 books).

Player prop markets imply 17.5 fantasy points for Bryce Young, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The books have Bryce Young at 223.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 14.5 rushing yards, with a 17% chance to score a touchdown (14, 16, 14 and 15 books).

That puts Drake Maye 1.1 points ahead of Bryce Young on the books.

Injury status

Drake Maye is not on the injury report.

Bryce Young is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 3

Through Week 2, Drake Maye played 100 percent of NE snaps, dropped back 69 times and threw an average of 7.6 air yards per attempt.

Drake Maye, Week 1 against SEA: 71 of 71 snaps, 23 of 33 passes for 178 yards, 1 touchdown and 3 interceptions, 7 carries for 47 yards.

Drake Maye, Week 2 against PIT: 55 of 55 snaps, 14 of 22 passes for 208 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 2 carries for 20 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Drake Maye played 17 games for NE and scored 360.0 PPR points, 21.2 a game, finishing QB2.

He completed 354 of 492 passes for 4394 yards, 31 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran 103 times for 450 yards and 4 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 97 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Drake Maye, Week 18 of 2025 against MIA: 14 of 18 passes for 191 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 5 carries for 41 yards, 15.7 PPR points.

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 Dak Prescott over Drake Maye.
• Start Jared Goff over Drake Maye.
• Start Joe Burrow over Drake Maye.
• Start Bryce Young over Bo Nix.
• Start Bryce Young over C.J. Stroud.
• Start Bryce Young over Deshaun Watson.