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Start Bryce Young or Patrick Mahomes? Week 8

Updated Oct 27, 1:26 PM ET.

Start Patrick Mahomes over Bryce Young

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Patrick Mahomes

QB · KC · at DEN

Market projects
16.6
recent weeks avg
DEN D vs QB
16.1
12th fewest to QBs (2026)
Upside
Limited
28 of 100 at QB
Snap share
100%
Through Week 7
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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 Bryce Young for Patrick Mahomes?

Not on these numbers alone. Bryce Young projects 169 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (16.9 a game over 10 games) and Patrick Mahomes 174 (17.4 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 8 the call starts Patrick Mahomes over Bryce Young.

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Our Week 8 call

Start Patrick Mahomes over Bryce Young in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Patrick Mahomes at 16.6 points and Bryce Young at 16.5, a gap of 0.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Patrick Mahomes this week yet, so his 16.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 7 (16.9 and 16.3); 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 8 player market is posted for Patrick Mahomes yet. His market-based projections were 16.9 and 16.3 points in Weeks 6 and 7, an average of 16.6, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

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).

That puts Patrick Mahomes 0.1 points ahead of Bryce Young on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Patrick Mahomes and KC visit DEN on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

DEN allowed 16.2 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 7 games, the 12th fewest in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 236 yards and 1.1 touchdowns a game against DEN, with an interception a game.

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.

By points allowed to the position, Patrick Mahomes has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Patrick Mahomes is not on the injury report.

Bryce Young is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Patrick Mahomes played 100 percent of KC snaps, dropped back 210 times and threw an average of 6.0 air yards per attempt.

Patrick Mahomes, Week 3 against MIA: 52 of 52 snaps, 20 of 24 passes for 246 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception, 1 carry for 1 yards.

Patrick Mahomes, Week 4 against LV: 60 of 60 snaps, 15 of 30 passes for 225 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 1 yards.

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.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

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 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 Bryce Young for Patrick Mahomes?

    Not on these numbers alone. Bryce Young projects 169 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (16.9 a game over 10 games) and Patrick Mahomes 174 (17.4 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 8 the call starts Patrick Mahomes over Bryce Young.

  • Should I drop Patrick Mahomes for Bryce Young?

    Not on these numbers alone. Patrick Mahomes projects 174 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (17.4 a game over 10 games) and Bryce Young 169 (16.9 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 8 the call starts Patrick Mahomes over Bryce Young.

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