Start Bryce Young or Patrick Mahomes? Week 10
Updated Nov 10, 11:41 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 11 answer posts Tuesday.
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Start Patrick Mahomes over Bryce Young
- Market projects
- 18.0
- recent weeks avg
- ATL D vs QB
- 15.9
- 11th fewest to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 99%
- 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 Bryce Young for Patrick Mahomes?
Not on these numbers alone. Bryce Young projects 134 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (16.8 a game over 8 games) and Patrick Mahomes 139 (17.4 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 10 the call starts Patrick Mahomes over Bryce Young. Patrick Mahomes is listed questionable.
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Our Week 10 call
Start Patrick Mahomes over Bryce Young in Week 10.
Market-based projections have Patrick Mahomes at 18.0 points and Bryce Young at 15.2, a gap of 2.8. No player market is posted for Patrick Mahomes this week yet, so his 18.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (16.3, 16.0 and 21.9); 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. Drafters take Patrick Mahomes at ADP 107 and Bryce Young at 212.
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 Patrick Mahomes yet. His market-based projections were 16.3, 16.0 and 21.9 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 18.0, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.
That puts Patrick Mahomes 2.8 points ahead of Bryce Young 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.
Patrick Mahomes and KC visit ATL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
ATL allowed 16.0 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 8 games, the 11th fewest in the league.
Quarterbacks threw for 238 yards and 1.4 touchdowns a game against ATL, 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.
Patrick Mahomes is listed as questionable with a elbow 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, Patrick Mahomes played 99 percent of KC snaps, dropped back 289 times and threw an average of 5.6 air yards per attempt.
Patrick Mahomes, Week 6 against LAC: 61 of 61 snaps, 23 of 30 passes for 272 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 3 carries for 19 yards.
Patrick Mahomes, Week 7 against SEA: 53 of 53 snaps, 19 of 33 passes for 165 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 2 carries for 14 yards.
Patrick Mahomes, Week 8 against DEN: 69 of 69 snaps, 30 of 41 passes for 321 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 6 yards.
Patrick Mahomes, Week 9 against NYJ: 62 of 66 snaps, 23 of 31 passes for 242 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 8 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, Patrick Mahomes played 14 games for KC and scored 296.7 PPR points, 21.2 a game, finishing QB11.
He completed 315 of 502 passes for 3587 yards, 22 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and ran 64 times for 422 yards and 5 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 Bryce Young for Patrick Mahomes?
Not on these numbers alone. Bryce Young projects 134 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (16.8 a game over 8 games) and Patrick Mahomes 139 (17.4 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 10 the call starts Patrick Mahomes over Bryce Young. Patrick Mahomes is listed questionable.
Should I drop Patrick Mahomes for Bryce Young?
Not on these numbers alone. Patrick Mahomes projects 139 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (17.4 a game over 8 games) and Bryce Young 134 (16.8 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 10 the call starts Patrick Mahomes over Bryce Young. Patrick Mahomes is listed questionable.
Week 10 on the board
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- Is Patrick Mahomes playing Week 10?
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