Start Bryce Young or Kyler Murray? Week 3

Our Week 3 call

Start Bryce Young over Kyler Murray in Week 3.

De-vigged player props project Bryce Young at 17.5 points and Kyler Murray 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 Kyler Murray, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The books have Kyler Murray at 209.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 20.5 rushing yards, with a 21% chance to score a touchdown (15, 16, 15 and 15 books).

That puts Bryce Young 0.1 points ahead of Kyler Murray on the books.

Injury status

Bryce Young is not on the injury report.

Kyler Murray 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 1, Kyler Murray played 17 percent of MIN snaps, dropped back 7 times and threw an average of 7.0 air yards per attempt.

Kyler Murray, Week 1 against GB: 11 of 65 snaps, 3 of 5 passes for 18 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 2 carries for 9 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.

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, Kyler Murray played 5 games for ARI and scored 80.8 PPR points, 16.2 a game, finishing QB38.

He completed 110 of 161 passes for 962 yards, 6 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran 29 times for 173 yards and 1 touchdown.

He was on the field for 99 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 3 calls

• Start Bryce Young over Bo Nix.
• Start Bryce Young over C.J. Stroud.
• Start Bryce Young over Deshaun Watson.
• Start Kyler Murray over Baker Mayfield.
• Start Kyler Murray over Bo Nix.
• Start Kyler Murray over C.J. Stroud.