Josh Allen or A.J. Brown: who to draft first
Both players' season price from the sportsbooks, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, with the draft market's own figures wherever it still has them.
Updated Sep 19, 2026 at 10:06 AM ET
Neither is in the consensus draft sample any more, and no sportsbook prices either of them this season, so there is no current market order to give between these two. What follows is what each of them has already done.
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QB29 · BUF · bye 7
2025 vs anytime td line 8-9
- Overall rank
- 191
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 5
WR73 · NE · bye 11
2025 vs rec yds line 6-9
- Overall rank
- 192
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 20
The gap
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Board size242 draftable players
Consensus average draft position has stopped updating on these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out rather than printed stale. The verdict line above restates the sportsbooks' price and nothing else.
Where the draft room stands
Drafters have formed no consensus on Josh Allen: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 191st overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 2.
Drafters have formed no consensus on A.J. Brown: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 192nd overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 35.
What the sportsbooks price
No sportsbook has posted a season market for Josh Allen, so the only market pricing him on this page is the draft room.
No sportsbook has posted a season market for A.J. Brown, so the only market pricing him on this page is the draft room.
Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.
This season through Week 1
Through Week 1, Josh Allen has been on the field for 100 percent of BUF snaps, dropped back 32 times and thrown 13.2 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 3 of 32 dropbacks and scrambled 1 time.
In Week 1 against HOU he completed 20 of 29 passes for 334 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 24 yards.
Through Week 1, A.J. Brown has been on the field for 44 percent of NE snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 3 of the offence's 11 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.
His 4 targets have averaged 4.8 air yards.
In Week 1 against SEA he caught 3 of 4 targets for 26 yards and did not score.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Josh Allen played 17 games and scored 374.6 PPR points, 22.0 a game, finishing QB1.
He threw for 3668 yards on 460 attempts with 25 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, and ran for 579 yards and 14 touchdowns.
That came to 27.1 attempts a game at 8.0 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 98 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
In 2025 A.J. Brown played 15 games and scored 220.3 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing WR11.
He caught 78 of 121 targets for 1003 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.
That came to 8.1 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 12.9 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 91 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Josh Allen was available for 2 games more.
Side by side
In 2025 Josh Allen scored 22.0 PPR points a game and A.J. Brown 14.7, 7.3 a game between them.
Josh Allen finished QB1 and A.J. Brown WR11, which are two different ladders.
Josh Allen is a quarterback and A.J. Brown a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.
Byes and availability
Josh Allen is off in Week 7 and A.J. Brown in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.
A.J. Brown is listed as ir on the injury report.
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