Jalen McMillan or Puka Nacua: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jalen McMillan: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 155th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 156.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Puka Nacua: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 165th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 5.

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Jalen McMillan at 3.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 152nd highest figure of the 175 players the books price.

The books have Puka Nacua at 2.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 books. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 2, Jalen McMillan has been on the field for 11 percent of TB snaps, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 8 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 0 of its 7 two minute targets.

In Week 2 against CLE he was not given the ball.

Through Week 1, Puka Nacua has been on the field for 70 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 33 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 7 third down targets, had 1 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 2 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 12.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against SF he caught 5 of 9 targets for 74 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jalen McMillan played 4 games and scored 29.9 PPR points, 7.5 a game, finishing WR137.

He caught 12 of 15 targets for 178 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 3.8 targets a game, a 80 percent catch rate and 14.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 52 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 12 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Puka Nacua scored 23.4 PPR points a game and Jalen McMillan 7.5, 16.0 a game between them.

Jalen McMillan finished WR137 that year and Puka Nacua WR1.

Puka Nacua had 151 more targets than Jalen McMillan, 166 to 15.

Puka Nacua had 1537 more receiving yards than Jalen McMillan, 1715 to 178.

This season Puka Nacua holds the bigger snap share, 70 percent against 11 percent.

This season Puka Nacua holds the bigger target share, 33 percent against 0 percent.

Byes and availability

Jalen McMillan is off in Week 10 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 is only part priced, so the books' half of this page is whole for only one of them.