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The Late-Round Fantasy Football Podcast fantasy football takes on Josh Allen
Every source-backed podcast insight STACKED has extracted from The Late-Round Fantasy Football Podcast about Josh Allen.
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All The Late-Round Fantasy Football Podcast insights about Josh Allen
NegativeValueAug 5, 2026
JJ Zachariason is selective with Josh Allen, avoiding him at the 2-3 turn but finding value if he falls to the late third or fourth round. He acknowledges Allen's elite production and Week 17 matchup upside but is wary of the cost.NegativeValueAug 5, 2026
JJ Zachariason is concerned about the opportunity cost of drafting Josh Allen at his current ADP, despite acknowledging he is a player he needs to increase exposure to for portfolio balance.PositiveValueJul 22, 2026
Josh Allen is the exception among top-tier quarterbacks; while typical QB1s are going earlier or at their usual spots, Allen's ADP positioning reflects his elite tier status separate from the QB2 tier that has been pushed up due to running back scarcity.NegativeRoleJul 22, 2026
Josh Allen is discussed as a quarterback option that can be stacked with Ray Davis as a backup running back in the late rounds; Burroughs suggests you can get Ray Davis in the 20th round if you want to stack him with Josh Allen.NegativeProjectionJul 21, 2026
Market Score ranks Josh Allen as QB two in its projections, with comps that are good but barely better than Jackson Dart's top-10 comp list. JJ Zachariason notes Allen's year three is one of Dart's top comps driving Dart's overall projection.PositiveRoleJul 14, 2026
Josh Allen is cited as one of the elite rushing quarterbacks whose mobility has made it more appealing to draft quarterbacks early rather than relying solely on late-round quarterback strategy.NegativeValueJun 10, 2026
The speaker is aggressively fading Josh Allen due to his high ADP, suggesting that the market overvalues him compared to other quarterbacks.PositiveBreakoutJun 9, 2026
Josh Allen is another quarterback who has consistently performed well with high touchdown rates, making him a valuable fantasy asset.PositiveValueJun 2, 2026
Josh Allen has a market score of 2.3, suggesting he is undervalued at an ADP of 29th overall, with expected points per game rising from 20.3 to 22.6.NegativeValueNo date
Josh Allen is listed in JJ Zachariason's tier of round-two targets (13th overall), positioned in the one-two turn conversation.NegativeValueNo date
JJ Zachariason states that Josh Allen is not attractive in guillotine/chopped league formats with 18+ teams, citing the same opportunity-cost logic as Brock Bowers: the high advancement rate (94% week one, >90% most of the season) makes positional scarcity less valuable, and there is 'too big of a cost involved' to draft a quarterback early in that format.NegativeValueNo date
JJ Zachariason notes that while Josh Allen is a desirable fantasy asset, drafting him early carries massive opportunity cost by preventing selection of strong running backs and wide receivers available later; the strategy of waiting on quarterback and taking multiple late-round options is preferable to spending early draft capital on elite quarterbacks.NegativeValueNo date
JJ Zachariason uses Josh Allen as an example of an elite early-round quarterback; when landing Allen, he suggests it is not worth using a bench spot on a second quarterback late in the draft due to the opportunity cost of drafting a quarterback early.PositiveValueNo date
Josh Allen can provide significant WARP advantage over other quarterbacks, but drafting him in round two carries opportunity cost by missing elite running backs; his value improves if other elite QBs are taken early, making him a better value in round three if the QB run happens.