Start Brock Purdy or Bo Nix? Week 5
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Brock Purdy over Bo Nix
- Market projects
- 16.5
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 97%
- Through Week 4
- Market projects
- 16.5
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 100%
- Through Week 4
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Our Week 5 call
Start Brock Purdy over Bo Nix in Week 5.
Market-based projections have Brock Purdy at 16.5 points and Bo Nix at 16.5, a gap of 0.0. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.
What the market projects
Player markets imply 16.5 fantasy points for Brock Purdy, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market has Brock Purdy at 225.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 19.5 rushing yards, with a 15% chance to score a touchdown (11, 16, 16 and 15 market sources).
Player markets imply 16.5 fantasy points for Bo Nix, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market has Bo Nix at 223.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 14.5 rushing yards, with a 19% chance to score a touchdown (16, 16, 16 and 14 market sources).
That puts Brock Purdy 0.0 points ahead of Bo Nix on the market projections.
Injury status
Brock Purdy is not on the injury report.
Bo Nix is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 5
Through Week 4, Brock Purdy played 97 percent of SF snaps, dropped back 122 times and threw an average of 7.8 air yards per attempt.
Brock Purdy, Week 1 against LAR: 65 of 65 snaps, 25 of 34 passes for 205 yards, 3 touchdowns and 1 interception, 5 carries for 29 yards.
Brock Purdy, Week 2 against MIA: 44 of 52 snaps, 20 of 22 passes for 287 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 3 carries for 30 yards.
Brock Purdy, Week 3 against ARI: 54 of 54 snaps, 15 of 27 passes for 297 yards, 4 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 35 yards.
Brock Purdy, Week 4 against DEN: 66 of 66 snaps, 19 of 29 passes for 218 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 8 carries for 31 yards.
Through Week 4, Bo Nix played 100 percent of DEN snaps, dropped back 143 times and threw an average of 5.4 air yards per attempt.
Bo Nix, Week 1 against KC: 51 of 51 snaps, 17 of 28 passes for 131 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 2 carries for 3 yards.
Bo Nix, Week 2 against JAX: 62 of 62 snaps, 22 of 31 passes for 288 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 2 carries for 9 yards.
Bo Nix, Week 3 against LAR: 67 of 67 snaps, 17 of 34 passes for 186 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception, 4 carries for 7 yards.
Bo Nix, Week 4 against SF: 65 of 65 snaps, 25 of 42 passes for 214 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 10 yards.
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.
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.
Their other Week 5 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
QB12 · SF · bye unlisted
2026 vs pass yds line 2-2
- Overall rank
- 87
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 7
Ranked behind
QB13 · DEN · bye 10
2026 vs pass yds line 1-3
- Overall rank
- 91
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 7
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 5, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board4
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tiersboth in tier 7
- Board size219 draftable players
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