Start Bryce Young. Young is projected for 15.3 PPR points vs 14.0 for Shedeur Sanders, and faces the 14th-toughest defense against QBs this week.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Bryce Young QB · CAR | Shedeur Sanders QB · CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 15.3 | 14.0 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 11.6 | 10.6 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 17.0 | 16.8 |
| StatChasers projection | 15.4 (QB20) | 14.2 (QB24) |
| Opponent | vs DEN | vs NO |
| Opponent vs. position | 14th-toughest (17.3 pts/g allowed) | 16th-toughest (17.8 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 14.0 for Shedeur Sanders vs NO: a 1.3-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 14.0 for Shedeur Sanders.
The sources range from 11.6 to 17.0 for Young and from 10.6 to 16.8 for Sanders. The ranges overlap, so Sanders 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 10.6 for Shedeur Sanders.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Bryce Young has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Young at 17.0 PPR points, against 16.8 for Shedeur Sanders.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Bryce Young plays DEN and Shedeur Sanders plays NO in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Young faces the 14th-toughest defense against QBs and Sanders faces the 16th-toughest defense against QBs, so Shedeur Sanders 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 Shedeur Sanders 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 Shedeur Sanders by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.