Puka Nacua or Jahan Dotson: who should I start in Week 6?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Puka Nacua at 22.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 6 market sources. That is the 2nd highest figure of the 142 players the market prices.

The player markets price Jahan Dotson at 5.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 91st highest figure of the 142 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Puka Nacua: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 1st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 6.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jahan Dotson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 74th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

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.

Through Week 5, Jahan Dotson has been on the field for 67 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 1 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 16.4 air yards.

In Week 3 against GB he caught 1 of 3 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NO he caught 2 of 3 targets for 54 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against BAL he caught 2 of 4 targets for 54 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 Jahan Dotson played 17 games and scored 50.2 PPR points, 3.0 a game, finishing WR109.

He caught 18 of 36 targets for 262 yards and 1 touchdown, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 2.1 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 14.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 55 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jahan Dotson was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Puka Nacua scored 23.4 PPR points a game and Jahan Dotson 3.0, 20.5 a game between them.

Puka Nacua finished WR1 that year and Jahan Dotson WR109.

Puka Nacua had 130 more targets than Jahan Dotson, 166 to 36.

Puka Nacua had 1453 more receiving yards than Jahan Dotson, 1715 to 262.

This season Puka Nacua holds the bigger snap share, 82 percent against 67 percent.

This season Puka Nacua holds the bigger target share, 34 percent against 13 percent.

Byes and availability

Puka Nacua is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Jahan Dotson.

What would change the answer

17.3 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.