Start Bryce Young or Justin Herbert? Week 8

Updated Oct 27, 1:26 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 9 answer posts Tuesday.

Herbert projects lower, 14.9 to 16.5, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 112 for Herbert, 212 for Young.

Start

Justin Herbert

QB · LAC · at LAR

Market projects: 14.9; recent weeks avg
LAR D vs QB: 17.9; 14th most to QBs (2026)
Upside: Rising; 75 of 100 at QB
Snap share: 100%; Through Week 6

Sit

Bryce Young

QB · CAR · at GB

Market projects: 16.5; fantasy pts
GB D vs QB: 14.3; 5th fewest to QBs (2026)
Upside: Limited; 16 of 100 at QB
Snap share: 94%; Through Week 7

Should I drop Justin Herbert for Bryce Young?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Bryce Young projects 169 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (16.9 a game over 10 games), Justin Herbert 136 (13.6 a game over 10 games). For Week 8 the call starts Justin Herbert over Bryce Young. So make the move after his Week 8 game.

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Our Week 8 call

Start Justin Herbert over Bryce Young in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Justin Herbert at 14.9 points and Bryce Young at 16.5, a gap of 1.6. 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 14.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (15.9 and 13.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 16.5 fantasy points for Bryce Young, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Bryce Young is 250 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 10 rushing yards and 0.1 rushing touchdowns (11, 14, 13 and 13 market sources).

No Week 8 player market is posted for Justin Herbert yet. His market-based projections were 15.9 and 13.8 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 14.9, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

That puts Bryce Young 1.6 points ahead of Justin Herbert on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Bryce Young and CAR visit GB on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

GB allowed 14.3 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 7 games, the 5th fewest in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 223 yards and 1.3 touchdowns a game against GB, with 1.3 interceptions a game.

Justin Herbert and LAC visit LAR on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

LAR allowed 17.9 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 7 games, the 14th most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 191 yards and 1.4 touchdowns a game against LAR, with 0.7 interceptions a game.

By points allowed to the position, Justin Herbert has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Bryce Young is not on the injury report.

Justin Herbert is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Bryce Young played 94 percent of CAR snaps, dropped back 250 times and threw an average of 8.8 air yards per attempt.

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.

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.

Through Week 6, Justin Herbert played 100 percent of LAC snaps, dropped back 219 times and threw an average of 7.8 air yards per attempt.

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.

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.

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 8 calls

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 8, 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 169 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (16.9 a game over 10 games), Justin Herbert 136 (13.6 a game over 10 games). For Week 8 the call starts Justin Herbert over Bryce Young. So make the move after his Week 8 game.
Should I drop Bryce Young for Justin Herbert?
No. Keep Bryce Young: he projects 169 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (16.9 a game over 10 games), Justin Herbert 136 (13.6 a game over 10 games). For Week 8 the call starts Justin Herbert over Bryce Young.

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