Start Bo Nix or Brock Purdy? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Brock Purdy over Bo Nix
- LAR D vs QB
- 22.1
- 10th most to QBs (2026)
- KC D vs QB
- 6.4
- fewest to QBs (2026)
Our Week 1 call
Start Brock Purdy over Bo Nix in Week 1.
Neither player has a posted player market for this week, so this call is ADP and news based rather than priced against the betting market. Drafters take Brock Purdy at ADP 88 and Bo Nix at 108.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for Brock Purdy in Week 1.
No sportsbook posted a player market for Bo Nix in Week 1.
Week 1 matchups
Brock Purdy and SF visit LAR.
LAR allowed 22.1 fantasy points to QBs in its one game this season, the 10th most in the league.
Quarterbacks threw for 205 yards and 3 touchdowns against LAR, with an interception.
Bo Nix and DEN visit KC.
KC allowed 6.4 fantasy points to QBs in its one game this season, the fewest in the league.
Quarterbacks threw for 131 yards and a touchdown against KC, with an interception.
By points allowed to the position, Brock Purdy has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Brock Purdy was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Bo Nix was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Brock Purdy played 9 games for SF and scored 187.4 PPR points, 20.8 a game, finishing QB24.
He completed 197 of 284 passes for 2167 yards, 20 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, and ran 33 times for 147 yards and 3 touchdowns.
He was on the field for 98 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Brock Purdy, Week 18 of 2025 against SEA: 42 of 42 snaps, 19 of 27 passes for 127 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 2 carries for 21 yards, 6.2 PPR points.
Brock Purdy, Week 17 of 2025 against CHI: 72 of 72 snaps, 24 of 33 passes for 303 yards, 3 touchdowns and 1 interception, 6 carries for 28 yards, 37.9 PPR points.
Brock Purdy, Week 16 of 2025 against IND: 63 of 66 snaps, 25 of 34 passes for 295 yards, 5 touchdowns and 1 interception, 2 carries for 11 yards, 31.9 PPR points.
In 2025, Bo Nix played 17 games for DEN and scored 315.8 PPR points, 18.6 a game, finishing QB7.
He completed 388 of 612 passes for 3931 yards, 25 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and ran 83 times for 356 yards and 5 touchdowns.
He was on the field for 100 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Bo Nix, Week 18 of 2025 against LAC: 14 of 23 passes for 141 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 8 carries for 49 yards, 10.5 PPR points.
Bo Nix, Week 17 of 2025 against KC: 72 of 72 snaps, 26 of 38 passes for 182 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 9 carries for 42 yards, 20.5 PPR points.
Bo Nix, Week 16 of 2025 against JAX: 66 of 66 snaps, 28 of 47 passes for 352 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 4 carries for 11 yards, 16.2 PPR points.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
QB13 · DEN · bye 10
2025 vs pass yds line 8-9
- Overall rank
- 32
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 1
Ranked behind
QB21 · SF · bye 8
2025 vs pass yds line 5-4
- Overall rank
- 52
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 2
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 1, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board20
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 1 and tier 2
- Board size244 draftable players
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