Start Bryce Young or Justin Herbert? Week 10
Updated Nov 10, 9:36 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 11 answer posts Tuesday.
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- : Justin Herbert: Listed Questionable (Finger) (Sleeper injury feed)
Start Justin Herbert over Bryce Young
Herbert projects lower, 11.9 to 15.2, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 112 for Herbert, 212 for Young.
- Market projects
- 11.8
- recent weeks avg
- BAL D vs QB
- 18.0
- 16th fewest to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 97%
- Through Week 9
- Market projects
- 15.2
- recent weeks avg
- NO D vs QB
- 18.4
- 13th most to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 96%
- Through Week 9
Should I drop Justin Herbert for Bryce Young?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Bryce Young projects 134 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (16.8 a game over 8 games), Justin Herbert 112 (14.0 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts Justin Herbert over Bryce Young. So make the move after his Week 10 game. Justin Herbert is listed questionable.
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Our Week 10 call
Start Justin Herbert over Bryce Young in Week 10.
Market-based projections have Justin Herbert at 11.8 points and Bryce Young at 15.2, a gap of 3.4. Justin Herbert still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 112 against 212, and that outweighs a gap this size. No player market is posted for Justin Herbert this week yet, so his 11.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 8 and 9 (12.0 and 11.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Bryce Young this week yet, so his 15.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (17.4, 17.0 and 11.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.
What the market projects
No Week 10 player market is posted for Bryce Young yet. His market-based projections were 17.4, 17.0 and 11.3 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 15.2, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.
No Week 10 player market is posted for Justin Herbert yet. His market-based projections were 12.0 and 11.7 points in Weeks 8 and 9, an average of 11.9, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.
That puts Bryce Young 3.4 points ahead of Justin Herbert on these projections.
Week 10 matchups
Bryce Young and CAR visit NO on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
NO allowed 18.4 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 8 games, the 13th most in the league.
Quarterbacks threw for 256 yards and 1.6 touchdowns a game against NO, with 0.5 interceptions a game.
Justin Herbert and LAC visit BAL on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.
BAL allowed 18.0 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 9 games, the 16th fewest in the league.
Quarterbacks threw for 242 yards and 1.3 touchdowns a game against BAL, with 0.4 interceptions a game.
By points allowed to the position, Bryce Young has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Bryce Young is not on the injury report.
Justin Herbert is listed as questionable with a finger injury.
Usage before Week 10
Through Week 9, Bryce Young played 96 percent of CAR snaps, dropped back 339 times and threw an average of 8.1 air yards per attempt.
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.
Bryce Young, Week 9 against DEN: 66 of 66 snaps, 28 of 39 passes for 276 yards, 3 touchdowns and 1 interception, 1 carry for 13 yards.
Through Week 9, Justin Herbert played 97 percent of LAC snaps, dropped back 287 times and threw an average of 7.8 air yards per attempt.
Justin Herbert, Week 5 against DEN: 67 of 67 snaps, 14 of 23 passes for 121 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 6 carries for 54 yards.
Justin Herbert, Week 6 against KC: 68 of 68 snaps, 22 of 37 passes for 204 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 5 carries for 26 yards.
Justin Herbert, Week 8 against LAR: 61 of 61 snaps, 24 of 31 passes for 257 yards, 0 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, 4 carries for 15 yards.
Justin Herbert, Week 9 against HOU: 57 of 72 snaps, 13 of 23 passes for 193 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 1 carry for 7 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.
In 2025, Justin Herbert played 16 games for LAC and scored 299.9 PPR points, 18.7 a game, finishing QB10.
He completed 340 of 512 passes for 3727 yards, 26 touchdowns and 13 interceptions, and ran 83 times for 498 yards and 2 touchdowns.
He was on the field for 97 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 10 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 10, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Justin Herbert for Bryce Young?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Bryce Young projects 134 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (16.8 a game over 8 games), Justin Herbert 112 (14.0 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts Justin Herbert over Bryce Young. So make the move after his Week 10 game. Justin Herbert is listed questionable.
Should I drop Bryce Young for Justin Herbert?
No. Keep Bryce Young: he projects 134 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (16.8 a game over 8 games), Justin Herbert 112 (14.0 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts Justin Herbert over Bryce Young. Justin Herbert is listed questionable.
Week 10 on the board
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- Is Justin Herbert playing Week 10?
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