Josh Allen vs. Jalen Hurts: Who Should You Start in Week 8?

Start Josh Allen. Jalen Hurts is on a bye, and Josh Allen is projected for 24.4 PPR points vs BAL.

Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET

Josh Allen vs. Jalen Hurts: Week 8 side by side

Josh Allen
QB · BUF
Jalen Hurts
QB · PHI
Projection (Week 8, avg of sources)24.4—
Floor (lowest source)23.7—
Ceiling (highest source)25.3—
StatChasers projection25.3 (QB1)—
Opponentvs BALBye
Opponent vs. position16th-softest (17.3 pts/g allowed)—
Recent usage——
PositionQBQB
Our callSTART · Strong QB1SIT · No projection

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Josh Allen vs. Jalen Hurts Week 8 Start/Sit FAQ

Should I start Josh Allen or Jalen Hurts in Week 8?

Start Josh Allen. Jalen Hurts is on a bye, while Josh Allen projects for 24.4 PPR points vs BAL.

Who has the better matchup in Week 8, Josh Allen or Jalen Hurts?

Josh Allen plays BAL and Jalen Hurts is on a bye in Week 8.

Each projection already accounts for the opponent, so a soft matchup is a tiebreaker, not a reason to bench the higher projection.

Does PPR scoring change Josh Allen vs. Jalen Hurts?

These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets.

Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.

Are Josh Allen and Jalen Hurts playing in Week 8?

Josh Allen has no injury designation, and Jalen Hurts is on a bye.

Designations change through the week, so check again before kickoff; this page updates with each refresh.

Where do the Josh Allen and Jalen Hurts projections come from?

Each figure is the average of the projection sources that carry the player this week: StatChasers, Sleeper, ESPN, numberFire, FFToday and the betting markets (sportsbook player props). Josh Allen is projected by 6 of them and Jalen Hurts by 0.

A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.

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