Jacoby Brissett vs Josh Allen: Who Should You Start?
Two quarterbacks who will land on plenty of the same rosters in 2026. Jacoby Brissett (Arizona Cardinals) finished the 2025 season averaging 16.8 fantasy points per game in 14 games. Josh Allen (Buffalo Bills) came in at 22.0 PPG over 17 games. The gap is real but not insurmountable with the right matchup.
Josh Allen carries a 5.2-point PPG advantage from the 2025 season. That baseline matters, but it is one input among several. Matchup difficulty, scoring trends, and injury reports move the needle week to week, which is why the best answer changes depending on when you are asking.
Josh Allen offers meaningful rushing upside with 579 yards on the ground in 2025, which separates his floor from a pocket passer like Jacoby Brissett (3366 passing yards, 23 touchdowns). In games where the passing matchup looks ugly, that rushing production can be the entire difference on a start/sit call.
Jacoby Brissett has his bye in Week 11, and Josh Allen rests in Week 12. 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.
