Should I drop Bo Nix for Jacoby Brissett?

Not on these numbers alone. Bo Nix projects 163 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (16.3 a game over 10 games) and Jacoby Brissett 156 (15.6 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Bo Nix over Jacoby Brissett.

Start Jacoby Brissett or Bo Nix? Week 7

Updated Oct 19, 2:21 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 8 answer posts Tuesday.

Start Bo Nix over Jacoby Brissett

Nix projects lower, 16.2 to 16.7, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 116 for Nix, 229 for Brissett.

Start

Bo Nix

QB · DEN · at ARI

Market projects: 16.2; recent weeks avg
ARI D vs QB: 23.2; 3rd most to QBs (2026)
Snap share: 100%; Through Week 6

Sit

Jacoby Brissett

QB · ARI · vs DEN

Market projects: 16.7; recent weeks avg
DEN D vs QB: 16.7; 14th fewest to QBs (2026)
Snap share: 100%; Through Week 6

Should I drop Jacoby Brissett for Bo Nix?

Not on these numbers alone. Jacoby Brissett projects 156 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (15.6 a game over 10 games) and Bo Nix 163 (16.3 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Bo Nix over Jacoby Brissett.

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Our Week 7 call

Start Bo Nix over Jacoby Brissett in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Bo Nix at 16.2 points and Jacoby Brissett at 16.7, a gap of 0.5. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Bo Nix still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 116 against 229, and that outweighs a gap this size. No player market is posted for Bo Nix this week yet, so his 16.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (16.0 and 16.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Jacoby Brissett this week yet, so his 16.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (15.6 and 17.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Jacoby Brissett yet. His market-based projections were 15.6 and 17.8 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 16.7, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Bo Nix yet. His market-based projections were 16.0 and 16.3 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 16.2, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Jacoby Brissett 0.5 points ahead of Bo Nix on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Jacoby Brissett and ARI host DEN on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

DEN allowed 16.7 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 5 games, the 14th fewest in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 220 yards and 1.4 touchdowns a game against DEN, with an interception.

Bo Nix and DEN visit ARI on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

ARI allowed 23.2 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 5 games, the 3rd most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 252 yards and 2.8 touchdowns a game against ARI, with 0.6 interceptions.

By points allowed to the position, Bo Nix has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Jacoby Brissett is not on the injury report.

Bo Nix is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Jacoby Brissett played 100 percent of ARI snaps, dropped back 249 times and threw an average of 6.9 air yards per attempt.

Jacoby Brissett, Week 3 against SF: 87 of 87 snaps, 38 of 51 passes for 280 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 4 carries for 4 yards.

Jacoby Brissett, Week 4 against NYG: 66 of 66 snaps, 21 of 35 passes for 166 yards, 2 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, 4 carries for 18 yards.

Jacoby Brissett, Week 5 against DET: 73 of 73 snaps, 29 of 46 passes for 292 yards, 3 touchdowns and 1 interception, 2 carries for 19 yards.

Jacoby Brissett, Week 6 against LAR: 24 of 35 passes for 218 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 2 carries for 2 yards.

Through Week 6, Bo Nix played 100 percent of DEN snaps, dropped back 202 times and threw an average of 4.9 air yards per attempt.

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.

Bo Nix, Week 5 against LAC: 62 of 62 snaps, 16 of 27 passes for 123 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 4 carries for 10 yards.

Bo Nix, Week 6 against SEA: 60 of 60 snaps, 17 of 27 passes for 107 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 3 carries for 3 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jacoby Brissett played 14 games for ARI and scored 235.4 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing QB16.

He completed 315 of 485 passes for 3366 yards, 23 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran 38 times for 168 yards and 1 touchdown.

He was on the field for 70 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 7 calls

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 7, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Jacoby Brissett for Bo Nix?
Not on these numbers alone. Jacoby Brissett projects 156 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (15.6 a game over 10 games) and Bo Nix 163 (16.3 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Bo Nix over Jacoby Brissett.
Should I drop Bo Nix for Jacoby Brissett?
Not on these numbers alone. Bo Nix projects 163 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (16.3 a game over 10 games) and Jacoby Brissett 156 (15.6 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Bo Nix over Jacoby Brissett.