Should I start Josh Allen or Brock Purdy in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Josh Allen, and the board ranks him 32nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 2.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Brock Purdy, and the board ranks him 86th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Josh Allen is 5.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Brock Purdy is 1.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Josh Allen's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Josh Allen has been on the field for 99 percent of BUF snaps, dropped back 273 times and thrown 8.9 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 42 of 273 dropbacks and scrambled 20 times.

In Week 6 against LV he completed 23 of 33 passes for 255 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 4 yards.

In Week 8 against BAL he completed 21 of 34 passes for 289 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 7 times for 30 yards.

In Week 9 against MIN he completed 21 of 31 passes for 234 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 5 times for 16 yards.

Through Week 9, Brock Purdy has been on the field for 97 percent of SF snaps, dropped back 261 times and thrown 8.1 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 29 of 261 dropbacks and scrambled 19 times.

In Week 6 against WAS he completed 21 of 29 passes for 264 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 28 yards.

In Week 7 against ATL he completed 27 of 39 passes for 288 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 2 times for 5 yards.

In Week 9 against LV he completed 17 of 25 passes for 232 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 7 times for 40 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 Brock Purdy played 9 games and scored 187.4 PPR points, 20.8 a game, finishing QB24.

He threw for 2167 yards on 284 attempts with 20 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, and ran for 147 yards and 3 touchdowns.

That came to 31.6 attempts a game at 7.6 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 98 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Josh Allen was available for 8 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Josh Allen scored 22.0 PPR points a game and Brock Purdy 20.8, 1.2 a game between them.

Josh Allen finished QB1 that year and Brock Purdy QB24.

Josh Allen had 176 more pass attempts than Brock Purdy, 460 to 284.

Josh Allen had 1501 more passing yards than Brock Purdy, 3668 to 2167.

This season Josh Allen holds the bigger snap share, 99 percent against 97 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.

Byes and availability

Josh Allen is off in Week 7 and Brock Purdy in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.