Start Jordan Love or Bryce Young? Week 9
Updated Nov 3, 4:41 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 10 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Jordan Love over Bryce Young
- Market projects
- 17.0
- fantasy pts
- NE D vs QB
- 15.7
- 9th fewest to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 100%
- Through Week 8
- Market projects
- 16.9
- recent weeks avg
- DEN D vs QB
- 16.1
- 12th fewest to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 95%
- Through Week 8
Should I drop Jordan Love for Bryce Young?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Bryce Young projects 152 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (16.9 a game over 9 games), Jordan Love 132 (16.5 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Jordan Love over Bryce Young. So make the move after his Week 9 game.
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Our Week 9 call
Start Jordan Love over Bryce Young in Week 9.
Market-based projections have Jordan Love at 17.0 points and Bryce Young at 16.9, a gap of 0.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Bryce Young this week yet, so his 16.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (16.3, 17.4 and 17.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Jordan Love at ADP 152 and Bryce Young at 212.
What the market projects
Player markets imply 17.0 fantasy points for Jordan Love, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market-based projection for Jordan Love is 275 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 5 rushing yards and 0.1 rushing touchdowns (10, 11, 9 and 7 market sources).
No Week 9 player market is posted for Bryce Young yet. His market-based projections were 16.3, 17.4 and 17.0 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 16.9, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
That puts Jordan Love 0.1 points ahead of Bryce Young on these projections.
Week 9 matchups
Jordan Love and GB visit NE on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.
NE allowed 15.7 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 7 games, the 9th fewest in the league.
Quarterbacks threw for 239 yards and 1.3 touchdowns a game against NE, with 0.6 interceptions a game.
Bryce Young and CAR host DEN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
DEN allowed 16.2 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 7 games, the 12th fewest in the league.
Quarterbacks threw for 236 yards and 1.1 touchdowns a game against DEN, with an interception a game.
By points allowed to the position, Bryce Young has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Jordan Love is not on the injury report.
Bryce Young is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 9
Through Week 8, Jordan Love played 100 percent of GB snaps, dropped back 327 times and threw an average of 9.2 air yards per attempt.
Jordan Love, Week 5 against CHI: 59 of 61 snaps, 25 of 31 passes for 367 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 6 yards.
Jordan Love, Week 6 against DAL: 75 of 75 snaps, 23 of 41 passes for 276 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 2 carries for 14 yards.
Jordan Love, Week 7 against DET: 67 of 67 snaps, 27 of 45 passes for 274 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception.
Jordan Love, Week 8 against CAR: 69 of 69 snaps, 30 of 41 passes for 288 yards, 3 touchdowns and 1 interception.
Through Week 8, Bryce Young played 95 percent of CAR snaps, dropped back 296 times and threw an average of 8.1 air yards per attempt.
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.
Bryce Young, Week 7 against TB: 43 of 56 snaps, 14 of 27 passes for 163 yards, 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions, 1 carry for 9 yards.
Bryce Young, Week 8 against GB: 73 of 73 snaps, 23 of 40 passes for 209 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Jordan Love played 15 games for GB and scored 241.1 PPR points, 16.1 a game, finishing QB15.
He completed 291 of 439 passes for 3381 yards, 23 touchdowns and 6 interceptions, and ran 47 times for 199 yards and 0 touchdowns.
He was on the field for 94 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
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 9 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 9, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Jordan Love for Bryce Young?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Bryce Young projects 152 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (16.9 a game over 9 games), Jordan Love 132 (16.5 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Jordan Love over Bryce Young. So make the move after his Week 9 game.
Should I drop Bryce Young for Jordan Love?
No. Keep Bryce Young: he projects 152 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (16.9 a game over 9 games), Jordan Love 132 (16.5 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Jordan Love over Bryce Young.
Week 9 on the board
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- Is Bryce Young playing Week 9?
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