Jauan Jennings or Puka Nacua: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jauan Jennings: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 157th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 176.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Puka Nacua: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 166th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 5.

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Jauan Jennings at 3.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 books. That is the 154th highest figure of the 176 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 through Week 1

Through Week 1, Jauan Jennings has been on the field for 48 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 10 third down targets and had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five.

His 1 target have averaged 30.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against GB he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

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 Jauan Jennings played 15 games and scored 173.3 PPR points, 11.6 a game, finishing WR33.

He caught 55 of 90 targets for 643 yards and 9 touchdowns, with 19 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 82 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 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Puka Nacua scored 23.4 PPR points a game and Jauan Jennings 11.6, 11.9 a game between them.

Jauan Jennings finished WR33 that year and Puka Nacua WR1.

Puka Nacua had 76 more targets than Jauan Jennings, 166 to 90.

Puka Nacua had 1072 more receiving yards than Jauan Jennings, 1715 to 643.

This season Puka Nacua holds the bigger snap share, 70 percent against 48 percent.

This season Puka Nacua holds the bigger target share, 33 percent against 4 percent.

Byes and availability

Jauan Jennings 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 is only part priced, so the books' half of this page is whole for only one of them.