Two players, one answer.
Bryce Young vs J.J. McCarthy
This week
Toss-up · 16.8 to 16.8 projected (Week 9, PPR)
Rest of season
Bryce Young by 66% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Bryce Young by 41% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 9 · PPR · 50% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Bryce Young and J.J. McCarthy are projected level. That's close to a coin flip: on these projections neither is the better start, and an injury report or a projection update before kickoff can tip it.
QB · CAR
Bryce Young
16.8 projected
vs DEN · Sun 1:00 PM ET
18.7 a game this season · last 3: 19.8, 7.4, 11.4
QB · NYG
J.J. McCarthy
16.8 projected
@ PHI · Sun 1:00 PM ET
9.2 a game this season · last 3: 0.2, 17.3, 10.2
- Bryce Young has scored 12.9 a game over his last three, below his 18.7 season average.
What the call rests on
- Bryce Young: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Nov 3, 11:30 PM ET
- J.J. McCarthy: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Nov 3, 11:30 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Tue, Nov 3, 11:42 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Tue, Nov 3, 11:42 PM ET, with the projections (hourly). A fresh projection time doesn't mean every status is: game-day inactives, about 90 minutes before kickoff, can come after it.
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 0 points or more in the other direction flips the call; Sleeper keeps adjusting its projections until kickoff, and this page reads them again at most an hour after it last did.
Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)
This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with PPR settings. The percentage is how often a projected gap like this held up across the 2025 season; checked against 2026 games (not used to fit it), the stated chances so far run a few points high, so read a 60% call as nearer 55%.