Liam Murphy said Bryce Young is a rock-solid third quarterback for DraftKings best-ball rooms because Carolina is "pretty much locked into the season" with him after last year’s benching fiasco. Murphy noted Young finished 2023 on an uptick and thinks the front office will give the 1.01 every opportunity to develop under Dave Canales instead of yanking him for Andy Dalton again. That job security, combined with a cheap price tag that allows easy stacking with Adam Thielen or rookie WRs later, makes Young an ideal safety net in 3-QB structures where you just need steady weekly starts to access the high ceilings of your other passers.

Adam Levitan reiterated that Bryce Young is one of his favorite late-round quarterback darts for 2025. Young earned a 92.1 PFF passing grade over his final eight starts and now benefits from massive upgrades: top-10 pick Ted McMillan gives him a 6'4 contested-catch target, both guard spots were fortified with big-money free agents, and Ben Johnson takes over play-calling. Carolina’s defense, despite adding edge help, still profiles middle-of-the-pack, so Levitan expects shootout scripts that push Young’s attempts into the high 30s. He projected a realistic path to top-15 fantasy production at a near-undrafted price and advised stacking Young with McMillan or Diontae Johnson in the final rounds of best-ball drafts.