Start Jalon Daniels or Bryce Young? Week 7

Updated Oct 21, 4:51 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 8 answer posts Tuesday.

Start Bryce Young over Jalon Daniels

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Bryce Young

QB · CAR · vs TB

Market projects: 18.0; fantasy pts
TB D vs QB: 15.3; 10th fewest to QBs (2026)
Upside: Moderate; 60 of 100 at QB
Snap share: 97%; Through Week 6

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Jalon Daniels

QB · TB · at CAR

Market projects: 14.9; recent weeks avg
CAR D vs QB: 18.6; 13th most to QBs (2026)
Upside: Moderate; 57 of 100 at QB
Snap share: 76%; Through Week 6

Should I drop Jalon Daniels for Bryce Young?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Bryce Young projects 182 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (16.5 a game over 11 games), Jalon Daniels 138 (13.8 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Bryce Young over Jalon Daniels.

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Our Week 7 call

Start Bryce Young over Jalon Daniels in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Bryce Young at 18.0 points and Jalon Daniels at 14.9, a gap of 3.1. Bryce Young's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is. No player market is posted for Jalon Daniels this week yet, so his 14.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (15.3 and 14.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 18.0 fantasy points for Bryce Young, with 80 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Bryce Young is 252 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns and 0.2 rushing touchdowns (7, 7 and 9 market sources).

No Week 7 player market is posted for Jalon Daniels yet. His market-based projections were 15.3 and 14.5 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 14.9, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Bryce Young 3.1 points ahead of Jalon Daniels on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

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

TB allowed 15.3 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 6 games, the 10th fewest in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 238 yards and 1-2 touchdowns a game against TB, with an interception a game.

Jalon Daniels and TB visit CAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CAR allowed 18.6 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 5 games, the 13th most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 237 yards and 1.2 touchdowns a game against CAR, with 0.6 interceptions a game.

By points allowed to the position, Jalon Daniels has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Bryce Young is not on the injury report.

Jalon Daniels is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Bryce Young played 97 percent of CAR snaps, dropped back 217 times and threw an average of 9.2 air yards per attempt.

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.

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.

Through Week 6, Jalon Daniels played 76 percent of TB snaps, dropped back 123 times and threw an average of 6.1 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.

Jalon Daniels, Week 6 against PIT: 74 of 74 snaps, 22 of 43 passes for 164 yards, 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions, 4 carries for 39 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 7 calls

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 7, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Jalon Daniels for Bryce Young?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Bryce Young projects 182 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (16.5 a game over 11 games), Jalon Daniels 138 (13.8 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Bryce Young over Jalon Daniels.
Should I drop Bryce Young for Jalon Daniels?
No. Keep Bryce Young: he projects 182 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (16.5 a game over 11 games), Jalon Daniels 138 (13.8 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Bryce Young over Jalon Daniels.