Should I start Isaac TeSlaa or Puka Nacua in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Isaac TeSlaa, and the board ranks him 56th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 6.

The market-based projections

Isaac TeSlaa's market-based projection is 5.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 56th highest figure of the 183 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Puka Nacua is 5.0 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 5, Isaac TeSlaa has been on the field for 63 percent of DET snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 45 third down targets, had 0 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have averaged 12.8 air yards.

In Week 3 against NYJ he caught 3 of 3 targets for 66 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CAR he caught 4 of 8 targets for 95 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against ARI he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Puka Nacua has been on the field for 85 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 Isaac TeSlaa played 17 games and scored 75.9 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing WR82.

He caught 16 of 27 targets for 239 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets.

That came to 1.6 targets a game, a 59 percent catch rate and 14.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 38 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.

Isaac TeSlaa was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Puka Nacua scored 23.4 PPR points a game and Isaac TeSlaa 4.5, 19.0 a game between them.

Isaac TeSlaa finished WR82 that year and Puka Nacua WR1.

Puka Nacua had 139 more targets than Isaac TeSlaa, 166 to 27.

Puka Nacua had 1476 more receiving yards than Isaac TeSlaa, 1715 to 239.

This season Puka Nacua holds the bigger snap share, 85 percent against 63 percent.

This season Puka Nacua holds the bigger target share, 32 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

Isaac TeSlaa is off in Week 6 and Puka Nacua in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Puka Nacua has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.