Should I start Puka Nacua or Harold Fannin Jr. in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Puka Nacua, and the board ranks him 42nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 6.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Harold Fannin Jr., and the board ranks him 43rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Puka Nacua is 5.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 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.

The market has Harold Fannin Jr. at 5.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 2 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Puka Nacua has been on the field for 85 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 32 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 17 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 3 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 62 targets have averaged 8.9 air yards.

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.

In Week 7 against LV he carried 2 times for 10 yards, caught 8 of 10 targets for 68 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 7, Harold Fannin Jr. has been on the field for 83 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 9 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 2 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 4.2 air yards.

In Week 7 against TEN he caught 6 of 9 targets for 91 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Harold Fannin Jr. played 16 games and scored 186.4 PPR points, 11.7 a game, finishing TE6.

He caught 72 of 107 targets for 731 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets.

That came to 6.7 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 10.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 16 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Puka Nacua scored 23.4 PPR points a game and Harold Fannin Jr. 11.7, 11.8 a game between them.

Puka Nacua finished WR1 and Harold Fannin Jr. TE6, which are two different ladders.

Puka Nacua is a wide receiver and Harold Fannin Jr. a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 11, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.