Start Bryce Young or Joe Burrow? Week 3
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Bryce Young over Joe Burrow
- Books imply
- 17.5
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 92%
- Through Week 2
- Books imply
- 17.4
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 100%
- Through Week 2
Our Week 3 call
Start Bryce Young over Joe Burrow in Week 3.
De-vigged player props project Bryce Young at 17.5 points and Joe Burrow at 17.4, a gap of 0.1. 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 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 18% chance to score a touchdown (14, 16, 14 and 15 books).
Player prop markets imply 17.4 fantasy points for Joe Burrow, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The books have Joe Burrow at 253.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 5.5 rushing yards, with a 12% chance to score a touchdown (14, 16, 11 and 14 books).
That puts Bryce Young 0.1 points ahead of Joe Burrow on the books.
Injury status
Bryce Young is not on the injury report.
Joe Burrow 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, Joe Burrow played 100 percent of CIN snaps, dropped back 73 times and threw an average of 6.0 air yards per attempt.
Joe Burrow, Week 1 against TB: 64 of 64 snaps, 25 of 35 passes for 254 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 4 carries for 21 yards.
Joe Burrow, Week 2 against HOU: 60 of 60 snaps, 20 of 31 passes for 207 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.
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.
In 2025, Joe Burrow played 8 games for CIN and scored 139.5 PPR points, 17.4 a game, finishing QB29.
He completed 173 of 259 passes for 1809 yards, 17 touchdowns and 5 interceptions, and ran 14 times for 41 yards and 0 touchdowns.
He was on the field for 86 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Joe Burrow, Week 18 of 2025 against CLE: 29 of 39 passes for 236 yards, 3 touchdowns and 1 interception, 2 carries for 17 yards, 22.1 PPR points.
Their other Week 3 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
QB13 · CAR · bye 5
2025 vs pass yds line 6-10
- Overall rank
- 92
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 6
Ranked behind
QB16 · CIN · bye 6
2025 vs pass yds line 2-6
- Overall rank
- 97
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 6
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 3, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board5
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tiersboth in tier 6
- Board size230 draftable players
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