Should I start Jahmyr Gibbs or Puka Nacua in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jahmyr Gibbs, and the board ranks him 2nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 1; 2QB: ADP 1.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Puka Nacua, and the board ranks him 3rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 6.

The market-based projections

Jahmyr Gibbs's market-based projection is 24.7 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 1st highest figure of the 208 players with a market-based projection.

No season market is posted for Puka Nacua, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Jahmyr Gibbs has been on the field for 77 percent of DET snaps, taken 79 percent of the carries, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 52 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 67 third down targets, had 15 of its 23 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 45 targets have averaged 0.6 air yards.

In Week 7 against GB he carried 29 times for 116 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against MIN he carried 23 times for 153 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 15 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against MIA he carried 20 times for 74 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 9, Puka Nacua has been on the field for 87 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 36 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 24 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 3 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 10 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 93 targets have averaged 8.0 air yards.

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

In Week 8 against LAC he caught 11 of 12 targets for 80 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against WAS he carried 2 times for 20 yards, caught 14 of 19 targets for 150 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jahmyr Gibbs played 17 games and scored 366.9 PPR points, 21.6 a game, finishing RB3.

He carried 243 times for 1223 yards and 13 touchdowns, and caught 77 of 94 targets for 616 more yards.

That came to 14.3 carries a game at 5.0 yards a carry and 4-5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 67 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.

Jahmyr Gibbs was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Puka Nacua scored 23.4 PPR points a game and Jahmyr Gibbs 21.6, 1.9 a game between them.

Jahmyr Gibbs finished RB3 and Puka Nacua WR1, which are two different ladders.

Jahmyr Gibbs 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

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

Puka Nacua is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Puka Nacua has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.