Start Michael Penix Jr. or Bryce Young? Week 6
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Michael Penix Jr. over Bryce Young
- Market projects
- 17.4
- fantasy pts
- Market projects
- 16.1
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 96%
- Through Week 4
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Our Week 6 call
Start Michael Penix Jr. over Bryce Young in Week 6.
Market-based projections have Michael Penix Jr. at 17.4 points and Bryce Young at 16.1, a gap of 1.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Michael Penix Jr.'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. Market coverage on Michael Penix Jr. is 70 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.
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What the market projects
Player markets imply 16.1 fantasy points for Bryce Young, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market-based projection for Bryce Young is 236 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 17.4 fantasy points for Michael Penix Jr., with 70 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market-based projection for Michael Penix Jr. is 238 passing yards and 1-2 passing touchdowns, with a 9% chance to score a touchdown (10, 13 and 12 market sources).
That puts Michael Penix Jr. 1.3 points ahead of Bryce Young on the market projections.
Injury status
Bryce Young is not on the injury report.
Michael Penix Jr. 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.
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.
Their other Week 6 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
QB11 · ATL · bye 11
2025 vs pass yds line 4-5
- Overall rank
- 84
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 4
Ranked behind
QB20 · CAR · bye 5
2026 vs pass yds line 4-0
- Overall rank
- 106
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 4
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 6, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board22
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tiersboth in tier 4
- Board size198 draftable players
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