Josh Allen or Drake Maye: who to draft first
Both players' board rank, position rank, draft pick and bye, measured across live 2026 drafts.
Updated Aug 26, 2026 at 2:12 PM ET
The board takes Josh Allen first, 17 spots ahead of Drake Maye. That crosses a tier break, tier 1 to tier 2, so the board order is the tiebreak rather than roster need. On the clock? Take Josh Allen. They fill the same slot, so the one you pass on is the one you hope falls back to you.
Josh Allen
QB1 · BUF · bye 7
- Overall rank
- 34
- Draft pick
- 3.10 (ADP 34.0 overall)
- Tier
- 1
Drake Maye
QB2 · NE · bye 11
- Overall rank
- 51
- Draft pick
- 5.04 (ADP 51.7 overall)
- Tier
- 2
The gap
- Spots apart on the board17
- Pick difference17.7 picks of ADP
- Tierstier 1 and tier 2
- 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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