Start Brock Purdy or Josh Allen? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Brock Purdy over Josh Allen in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Brock Purdy at 22.4 points and Josh Allen at 21.8, a gap of 0.5. 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 22.4 fantasy points for Brock Purdy, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market has Brock Purdy at 245.5 passing yards, 2.5 passing touchdowns and 17.5 rushing yards, with a 25% chance to score a touchdown (11, 12, 9 and 11 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 (9, 8 and 7 market sources).

That puts Brock Purdy 0.5 points ahead of Josh Allen 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

Brock Purdy is not on the injury report.

Josh Allen is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Brock Purdy played 97 percent of SF snaps, dropped back 156 times and threw an average of 7.8 air yards per attempt.

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.

Brock Purdy, Week 5 against SEA: 60 of 60 snaps, 19 of 29 passes for 189 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception, 3 carries for 8 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, 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, 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 Brock Purdy over Bryce Young.
• Start Brock Purdy over Caleb Williams.
• Start Josh Allen over Bo Nix.
• Start Josh Allen over Dak Prescott.
• Start Josh Allen over Drake Maye.