Should I drop Puka Nacua for Jared Goff?

Not on these numbers alone. Puka Nacua projects 175 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (19.4 a game over 9 games) and Jared Goff 167 (16.7 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it.

Should I start Puka Nacua or Jared Goff in Week 8?

Updated Oct 27, 9:11 PM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.

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Oct 23, 3:17 PM ET: Rams WR Puka Nacua misses practice, questionable vs. Raiders with calf injury (ESPN)
Oct 22, 6:43 PM ET: Puka Nacua: Listed Questionable (Calf) (Sleeper injury feed)

Start Jared Goff: 99 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Puka Nacua's 86 percent of the snaps and 36 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Jared Goff for Puka Nacua?

Not on these numbers alone. Jared Goff projects 167 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (16.7 a game over 10 games) and Puka Nacua 175 (19.4 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it.

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

Puka Nacua

WR24 · LAR · bye 11

2026 vs anytime td line 3-2

Market-based projection: 19.8 pts a game Wk 7 price
Overall rank: 49

Jared Goff

QB4 · DET · bye 6

2026 vs pass yds line 4-2

Overall rank: 50

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The gap

Board size293 draftable players

Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Puka Nacua, and the board ranks him 49th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 6.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jared Goff, and the board ranks him 50th 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-based projection for Jared Goff is 18.4 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback'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, Jared Goff has been on the field for 99 percent of DET snaps, dropped back 240 times and thrown 7.9 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 33 of 240 dropbacks and scrambled 5 times.

In Week 4 against CAR he completed 32 of 52 passes for 412 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions.

In Week 5 against ARI he completed 19 of 30 passes for 271 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 1 yards.

In Week 7 against GB he completed 22 of 32 passes for 303 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 0 yards.

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 Jared Goff played 17 games and scored 305.1 PPR points, 17.9 a game, finishing QB9.

He threw for 4564 yards on 578 attempts with 34 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 45 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 34.0 attempts a game at 7.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 98 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jared Goff was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Puka Nacua scored 23.4 PPR points a game and Jared Goff 17.9, 5.5 a game between them.

Puka Nacua finished WR1 and Jared Goff QB9, which are two different ladders.

Puka Nacua is a wide receiver and Jared Goff a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

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

Drop or keep

Should I drop Jared Goff for Puka Nacua?
Not on these numbers alone. Jared Goff projects 167 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (16.7 a game over 10 games) and Puka Nacua 175 (19.4 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it.
Should I drop Puka Nacua for Jared Goff?
Not on these numbers alone. Puka Nacua projects 175 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (19.4 a game over 9 games) and Jared Goff 167 (16.7 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it.