Brock Purdy vs Jalen Hurts: Who Should You Start?
If you are choosing between Brock Purdy and Jalen Hurts for your lineup, you are not alone. Brock Purdy finished the 2025 season at 20.8 PPG for the San Francisco 49ers (9 games), and Jalen Hurts averaged 19.1 for the Philadelphia Eagles (16 games).
That 1.7-point weekly advantage for Brock Purdy is meaningful but not automatic. Fantasy football is a week-to-week sport, and the answer to "who should I start" often changes based on opponent, recent form, and game environment. Season averages set the baseline; weekly context makes the call.
Jalen Hurts offers meaningful rushing upside with 421 yards on the ground in 2025, which separates his floor from a pocket passer like Brock Purdy (2167 passing yards, 20 touchdowns). In games where the passing matchup looks ugly, that rushing production can be the entire difference on a start/sit call.
Brock Purdy has his bye in Week 9, and Jalen Hurts rests in Week 5. Managers rostering both need waiver wire depth at quarterback for those two weeks, and that is exactly the kind of planning DraftCall's matchup engine surfaces automatically so you are not scrambling on a Sunday morning.
