Start Drake Maye or Josh Allen? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Josh Allen over Drake Maye in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Josh Allen at 23.0 points and Drake Maye at 19.7, a gap of 3.3. No player market is posted for Josh Allen this week yet, so his 23.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 8 and 9 (24.3 and 21.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Josh Allen at ADP 31 and Drake Maye at 50.

What the market projects

No Week 10 player market is posted for Josh Allen yet. His market-based projections were 24.3 and 21.6 points in Weeks 8 and 9, an average of 23.0, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

The market-based projection for Josh Allen is 0.8 touchdowns (7 market sources).

Player markets imply 19.7 fantasy points for Drake Maye, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Drake Maye is 263 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 26 rushing yards and 0.2 rushing touchdowns (13, 13, 12 and 12 market sources).

That puts Josh Allen 3.3 points ahead of Drake Maye on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Josh Allen and BUF visit NYJ on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NYJ allowed 18.1 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 8 games, the 16th most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 208 yards and 1.8 touchdowns a game against NYJ, with 0.1 interceptions a game.

Drake Maye and NE visit DET on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

DET allowed 25.5 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 7 games, the most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 298 yards and 2.6 touchdowns a game against DET, with 0.7 interceptions a game.

By points allowed to the position, Drake Maye has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Josh Allen is not on the injury report.

Drake Maye is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Josh Allen played 99 percent of BUF snaps, dropped back 273 times and threw an average of 8.9 air yards per attempt.

Josh Allen, Week 5 against LAR: 64 of 64 snaps, 12 of 19 passes for 210 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 10 carries for 121 yards.

Josh Allen, Week 6 against LV: 68 of 68 snaps, 23 of 33 passes for 255 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 4 yards.

Josh Allen, Week 8 against BAL: 78 of 82 snaps, 21 of 34 passes for 289 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception, 7 carries for 30 yards.

Josh Allen, Week 9 against MIN: 21 of 31 passes for 234 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 5 carries for 16 yards.

Through Week 9, Drake Maye played 96 percent of NE snaps, dropped back 318 times and threw an average of 9.2 air yards per attempt.

Drake Maye, Week 6 against NYJ: 68 of 68 snaps, 18 of 32 passes for 235 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 3 carries for 25 yards.

Drake Maye, Week 7 against CHI: 54 of 54 snaps, 24 of 30 passes for 321 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception, 4 carries for 26 yards.

Drake Maye, Week 8 against MIA: 60 of 60 snaps, 16 of 20 passes for 199 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 5 carries for 7 yards.

Drake Maye, Week 9 against GB: 51 of 63 snaps, 21 of 38 passes for 299 yards, 3 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, 1 carry for 3 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025, Drake Maye played 17 games for NE and scored 360.0 PPR points, 21.2 a game, finishing QB2.

He completed 354 of 492 passes for 4394 yards, 31 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran 103 times for 450 yards and 4 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 97 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Josh Allen over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Josh Allen over Brock Purdy.
• Start Josh Allen over C.J. Stroud.
• Start Drake Maye over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Drake Maye over Brock Purdy.
• Start Drake Maye over C.J. Stroud.