Start Josh Allen or Bo Nix? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Josh Allen over Bo Nix in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Josh Allen at 21.8 points and Bo Nix at 15.0, a gap of 6.8.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 15.0 fantasy points for Bo Nix, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market has Bo Nix at 200.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 14.5 rushing yards, with a 18% chance to score a touchdown (12, 14, 12 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 21.8 fantasy points for Josh Allen, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market has Josh Allen at 232.5 passing yards and 33.5 rushing yards, with a 61% chance to score a touchdown (8, 8 and 7 market sources).

That puts Josh Allen 6.8 points ahead of Bo Nix on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Josh Allen and BUF visit LV on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

LV allowed 21.8 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 5 games, the 5th most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 253 yards and 2.2 touchdowns a game against LV, with 0.8 interceptions.

Injury status

Bo Nix is not on the injury report.

Josh Allen is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Bo Nix played 100 percent of DEN snaps, dropped back 172 times and threw an average of 5.2 air yards per attempt.

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.

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.

Through Week 5, Josh Allen played 100 percent of BUF snaps, dropped back 164 times and threw an average of 9.5 air yards per attempt.

Josh Allen, Week 2 against DET: 74 of 74 snaps, 20 of 31 passes for 248 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 11 carries for 72 yards.

Josh Allen, Week 3 against LAC: 66 of 66 snaps, 16 of 26 passes for 204 yards, 0 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, 7 carries for 23 yards.

Josh Allen, Week 4 against NE: 59 of 59 snaps, 23 of 33 passes for 253 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 5 carries for 4 yards.

Josh Allen, Week 5 against LAR: 12 of 19 passes for 210 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 10 carries for 121 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025, Josh Allen played 17 games for BUF and scored 374.6 PPR points, 22.0 a game, finishing QB1.

He completed 319 of 460 passes for 3668 yards, 25 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, and ran 112 times for 579 yards and 14 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 98 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Brock Purdy over Bo Nix.
• Start Bryce Young over Bo Nix.
• Start Bo Nix over Cam Ward.
• Start Brock Purdy over Josh Allen.
• Start Josh Allen over Dak Prescott.
• Start Josh Allen over Drake Maye.