Start Bryce Young or Justin Herbert? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Bryce Young over Justin Herbert in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Bryce Young at 16.2 points and Justin Herbert at 12.1, a gap of 4.2. Justin Herbert'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.

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 12.1 fantasy points for Justin Herbert, with 80 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Justin Herbert is 193 passing yards, with a 14% chance to score a touchdown (12 and 13 market sources).

That puts Bryce Young 4.2 points ahead of Justin Herbert on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Justin Herbert and LAC visit KC on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

KC allowed 13.4 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 4 games, the 3rd fewest in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 229 yards and a touchdown a game against KC, with an interception.

Injury status

Bryce Young is not on the injury report.

Justin Herbert 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, Justin Herbert played 100 percent of LAC snaps, dropped back 175 times and threw an average of 8.5 air yards per attempt.

Justin Herbert, Week 2 against LV: 68 of 68 snaps, 15 of 27 passes for 192 yards, 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions, 3 carries for 2 yards.

Justin Herbert, Week 3 against BUF: 69 of 69 snaps, 20 of 34 passes for 226 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 4 carries for 17 yards.

Justin Herbert, Week 4 against SEA: 71 of 71 snaps, 19 of 31 passes for 189 yards, 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions, 6 carries for 40 yards.

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.

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 6 calls

• Start Bryce Young over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Bryce Young over Bo Nix.
• Start Brock Purdy over Bryce Young.
• Start Aaron Rodgers over Justin Herbert.
• Start Bo Nix over Justin Herbert.
• Start Justin Herbert over Cam Ward.