Josh Allen or Bo Nix: who should I start in Week 6?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Josh Allen at 21.8 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 3rd highest figure of the 143 players the market prices.

The player markets price Bo Nix at 15.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 39th highest figure of the 143 players the market prices.

Where the draft room has them

Josh Allen goes at ADP 1, an average pick of 24.3, and the board has him QB3 in tier 2.

His earliest recorded pick is 1 and his latest 37, a standard deviation of 9.0 picks.

He appears in 16 recorded drafts across the formats the consensus sample covers.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 2.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Bo Nix: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 124th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Josh Allen has been on the field for 100 percent of BUF snaps, dropped back 164 times and thrown 9.5 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 22 of 164 dropbacks and scrambled 16 times.

In Week 3 against LAC he completed 16 of 26 passes for 204 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 2 interceptions and ran 7 times for 23 yards.

In Week 4 against NE he completed 23 of 33 passes for 253 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 5 times for 4 yards.

In Week 5 against LAR he completed 12 of 19 passes for 210 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 10 times for 121 yards.

Through Week 5, Bo Nix has been on the field for 100 percent of DEN snaps, dropped back 172 times and thrown 5.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 18 of 172 dropbacks and scrambled 4 times.

In Week 3 against LAR he completed 17 of 34 passes for 186 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 4 times for 7 yards.

In Week 4 against SF he completed 25 of 42 passes for 214 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 10 yards.

In Week 5 against LAC he completed 16 of 27 passes for 123 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 10 yards.

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 Bo Nix played 17 games and scored 315.8 PPR points, 18.6 a game, finishing QB7.

He threw for 3931 yards on 612 attempts with 25 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and ran for 356 yards and 5 touchdowns.

That came to 36.0 attempts a game at 6.4 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 100 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Josh Allen scored 22.0 PPR points a game and Bo Nix 18.6, 3.5 a game between them.

Josh Allen finished QB1 that year and Bo Nix QB7.

Bo Nix had 152 more pass attempts than Josh Allen, 612 to 460.

Bo Nix had 263 more passing yards than Josh Allen, 3931 to 3668.

Their snap share this season is the same, 100 percent each.

This season Josh Allen holds the bigger target share, 1 percent against 0 percent.

Byes and availability

Josh Allen is off in Week 7 and Bo Nix in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

6.8 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.