Brock Purdy or Josh Downs: who to draft first
Both players' board rank, position rank, draft pick and bye, measured across live 2026 drafts.
Updated Aug 27, 2026 at 7:50 AM ET
The board takes Brock Purdy first, 1 spot ahead of Josh Downs. That crosses a tier break, tier 3 to tier 8, so the board order is the tiebreak rather than roster need. On the clock? Take Brock Purdy. If your QB room is full and you need a WR, Josh Downs is one line down.
Brock Purdy
QB9 · SF · bye 8
- Overall rank
- 89
- Draft pick
- 8.03 (ADP 87.2 overall)
- Tier
- 3
Josh Downs
WR42 · IND · bye 13
- Overall rank
- 90
- Draft pick
- 8.04 (ADP 87.7 overall)
- Tier
- 8
The gap
- Spots apart on the board1
- Pick difference0.5 picks of ADP
- Tierstier 3 and tier 8
- Board size280 draftable players
Every figure here is consensus average draft position measured across live drafts, not an opinion. The verdict line above restates board order and the tier gap and nothing else. Where the round.pick form is shown it assumes a 12-team league.
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