Bo Nix or Puka Nacua: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Bo Nix: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 39th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Puka Nacua: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 40th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 6.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Bo Nix at 15.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 16th highest figure of the 123 players the market prices.

The market has Puka Nacua at 6.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Puka Nacua's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Bo Nix has been on the field for 100 percent of DEN snaps, dropped back 172 times and thrown 5.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 18 of 172 dropbacks and scrambled 4 times.

In Week 3 against LAR he completed 17 of 34 passes for 186 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 4 times for 7 yards.

In Week 4 against SF he completed 25 of 42 passes for 214 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 10 yards.

In Week 5 against LAC he completed 16 of 27 passes for 123 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 10 yards.

Through Week 5, Puka Nacua has been on the field for 82 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 34 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 3 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 45 targets have averaged 9.7 air yards.

In Week 1 against SF he caught 5 of 9 targets for 74 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against PHI he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 9 of 12 targets for 125 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against BUF he carried 2 times for 9 yards, caught 17 of 24 targets for 138 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Bo Nix played 17 games and scored 315.8 PPR points, 18.6 a game, finishing QB7.

He threw for 3931 yards on 612 attempts with 25 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and ran for 356 yards and 5 touchdowns.

That came to 36.0 attempts a game at 6.4 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 100 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Puka Nacua played 16 games and scored 375.0 PPR points, 23.4 a game, finishing WR1.

He caught 129 of 166 targets for 1715 yards and 10 touchdowns, with 16 red zone targets.

That came to 10.4 targets a game, a 78 percent catch rate and 13.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Bo Nix was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Puka Nacua scored 23.4 PPR points a game and Bo Nix 18.6, 4.9 a game between them.

Bo Nix finished QB7 and Puka Nacua WR1, which are two different ladders.

Bo Nix is a quarterback and Puka Nacua a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Bo Nix is off in Week 10 and Puka Nacua in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Puka Nacua is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.