Start Bryce Young. Young is projected for 15.3 PPR points vs 14.6 for J.J. McCarthy, and faces the 14th-toughest defense against QBs this week.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Bryce Young QB · CAR | J.J. McCarthy QB · NYG | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 15.3 | 14.6 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 11.6 | 10.9 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 17.0 | 17.5 |
| StatChasers projection | 15.4 (QB20) | 14.6 (QB23) |
| Opponent | vs DEN | vs PHI |
| Opponent vs. position | 14th-toughest (17.3 pts/g allowed) | 10th-softest (19.3 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | — | — |
| Position | QB | QB |
| Our call | SIT · Bench | SIT · Bench |
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Start Bryce Young. Young projects for 15.3 PPR points vs DEN, against 14.6 for J.J. McCarthy vs PHI: a 0.7-point edge.
The projection is the average of every source that carries each player this week, and a player listed Out or Doubtful is never the start.
Bryce Young is projected to score more: 15.3 PPR points to 14.6 for J.J. McCarthy.
The sources range from 11.6 to 17.0 for Young and from 10.9 to 17.5 for McCarthy. The ranges overlap, so McCarthy outscoring Young is a realistic result.
Bryce Young is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Young at 11.6 PPR points, against 10.9 for J.J. McCarthy.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
J.J. McCarthy has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has McCarthy at 17.5 PPR points, against 17.0 for Bryce Young.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Bryce Young plays DEN and J.J. McCarthy plays PHI in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Young faces the 14th-toughest defense against QBs and McCarthy faces the 10th-softest defense against QBs, so J.J. McCarthy has the softer matchup.
Each projection already accounts for the opponent, so a soft matchup is a tiebreaker, not a reason to bench the higher projection.
These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Bryce Young nor J.J. McCarthy has an injury designation for Week 9.
Designations change through the week, so check again before kickoff; this page updates with each refresh.
Each figure is the average of the projection sources that carry the player this week: StatChasers, Sleeper, ESPN, numberFire, FFToday and the betting markets (sportsbook player props). Bryce Young is projected by 6 of them and J.J. McCarthy by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.