Puka Nacua or Jonathan Taylor: who should I start?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Puka Nacua at 18.9 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 16 books. That is the 7th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

The player markets price Jonathan Taylor at 18.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 books. That is the 13th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Puka Nacua: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 4th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 5.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jonathan Taylor: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 6th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes 2QB: ADP 4; dynasty: ADP 1.

This season through Week 1

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.

Through Week 1, Jonathan Taylor has been on the field for 89 percent of IND snaps, taken 95 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 63 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 5 third down targets, had 3 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 2 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 0.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against BAL he carried 19 times for 98 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 23 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

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 Jonathan Taylor played 17 games and scored 362.3 PPR points, 21.3 a game, finishing RB4.

He carried 323 times for 1585 yards and 18 touchdowns, and caught 46 of 55 targets for 378 more yards.

That came to 19.0 carries a game at 4.9 yards a carry and 2.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 84 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jonathan Taylor was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Puka Nacua scored 23.4 PPR points a game and Jonathan Taylor 21.3, 2.1 a game between them.

Puka Nacua finished WR1 and Jonathan Taylor RB4, which are two different ladders.

Puka Nacua is a wide receiver and Jonathan Taylor a running back, 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 Jonathan Taylor in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Puka Nacua is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

0.9 points a game is the entire case. The books restate 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 books when it does.