Should I start Chuba Hubbard or Puka Nacua in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chuba Hubbard, and the board ranks him 62nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Puka Nacua, and the board ranks him 63rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 6.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Chuba Hubbard is 5.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Puka Nacua is 5.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Chuba Hubbard's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Chuba Hubbard has been on the field for 77 percent of CAR snaps, taken 72 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 33 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 6 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have come 2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against CLE he carried 19 times for 82 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 28 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DET he carried 20 times for 122 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 7 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 6 against PHI he carried 28 times for 120 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 1 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Puka Nacua has been on the field for 83 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 32 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 3 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 52 targets have averaged 9.5 air yards.

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.

In Week 6 against ARI he caught 6 of 7 targets for 80 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Chuba Hubbard played 15 games and scored 125.4 PPR points, 8.4 a game, finishing RB38.

He carried 134 times for 511 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 30 of 39 targets for 223 more yards.

That came to 8.9 carries a game at 3.8 yards a carry and 2.0 catches a game.

He was on the field for 47 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.

Puka Nacua was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Puka Nacua scored 23.4 PPR points a game and Chuba Hubbard 8.4, 15.1 a game between them.

Chuba Hubbard finished RB38 and Puka Nacua WR1, which are two different ladders.

Chuba Hubbard is a running back 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

Chuba Hubbard is off in Week 5 and Puka Nacua in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.