Should I start Josh Allen or Malik Willis in Week 9?
Updated Nov 3, 12:31 PM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
Josh Allen and Malik Willis are too close to call on usage: 98 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets against 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
Should I drop Malik Willis for Josh Allen?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Josh Allen projects 212 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (23.5 a game over 9 games), Malik Willis 131 (14.6 a game over 9 games).
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
QB11 · BUF · bye 7
2026 vs anytime td line 8-2
- Market-based projection
- 24.3 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 41
QB14 · MIA · bye 6
2026 vs pass yds line 5-2
- Market-based projection
- 14.1 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 102
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The gap
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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Josh Allen, and the board ranks him 41st overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 2.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Malik Willis, and the board ranks him 102nd overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 38.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Josh Allen is 5.4 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 Malik Willis is 1.7 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 8
Through Week 8, Josh Allen has been on the field for 99 percent of BUF snaps, dropped back 237 times and thrown 9.0 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 32 of 237 dropbacks and scrambled 19 times.
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.
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.
Through Week 8, Malik Willis has been on the field for 100 percent of MIA snaps, dropped back 225 times and thrown 9.4 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 32 of 225 dropbacks and scrambled 22 times.
In Week 5 against CIN he completed 15 of 26 passes for 137 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 8 times for 74 yards.
In Week 7 against NYJ he completed 14 of 21 passes for 208 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 6 times for 39 yards.
In Week 8 against NE he completed 21 of 32 passes for 211 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 2 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 Malik Willis played 4 games and scored 51.2 PPR points, 12.8 a game, finishing QB45.
He threw for 422 yards on 35 attempts with 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, and ran for 123 yards and 2 touchdowns.
That came to 8.8 attempts a game at 12.1 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 10 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Josh Allen was available for 13 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Josh Allen scored 22.0 PPR points a game and Malik Willis 12.8, 9.2 a game between them.
Josh Allen finished QB1 that year and Malik Willis QB45.
Josh Allen had 425 more pass attempts than Malik Willis, 460 to 35.
Josh Allen had 3246 more passing yards than Malik Willis, 3668 to 422.
This season Malik Willis holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 99 percent.
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 Malik Willis in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Malik Willis for Josh Allen?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Josh Allen projects 212 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (23.5 a game over 9 games), Malik Willis 131 (14.6 a game over 9 games).
Should I drop Josh Allen for Malik Willis?
No. Keep Josh Allen: he projects 212 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (23.5 a game over 9 games), Malik Willis 131 (14.6 a game over 9 games).
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