Start Bryce Young or Jalon Daniels? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Bryce Young over Jalon Daniels in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Bryce Young at 16.2 points and Jalon Daniels at 15.6, a gap of 0.6. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 16.2 fantasy points for Bryce Young, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Bryce Young is 238 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns and 11 rushing yards, with a 14% chance to score a touchdown (11, 13, 12 and 9 market sources).

Player markets imply 15.6 fantasy points for Jalon Daniels, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jalon Daniels is 177 passing yards and 38 rushing yards, with a 20% chance to score a touchdown (11, 11 and 12 market sources).

That puts Bryce Young 0.6 points ahead of Jalon Daniels on the market projections.

Injury status

Bryce Young is not on the injury report.

Jalon Daniels is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

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.

Through Week 5, Jalon Daniels played 68 percent of TB snaps, dropped back 71 times and threw an average of 6.0 air yards per attempt.

Jalon Daniels, Week 3 against MIN: 4 of 69 snaps, 0 of 3 passes for 0 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 1 carry for 9 yards.

Jalon Daniels, Week 4 against GB: 63 of 64 snaps, 19 of 27 passes for 148 yards, 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions, 8 carries for 55 yards.

Jalon Daniels, Week 5 against DAL: 72 of 72 snaps, 19 of 25 passes for 189 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 5 carries for 25 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.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Bryce Young over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Bryce Young over Bo Nix.
• Start Brock Purdy over Bryce Young.
• Start Jalon Daniels over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Jalon Daniels over Bo Nix.
• Start Brock Purdy over Jalon Daniels.