Should I start Puka Nacua or Justice Hill in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Puka Nacua, and the board ranks him 66th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 6.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Justice Hill, and the board ranks him 67th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Puka Nacua is 5.0 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.

Justice Hill's market-based projection is 5.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 79th highest figure of the 200 players with a market-based 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, Justice Hill has been on the field for 43 percent of BAL snaps, taken 10 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 1 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 0 of its 25 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 44 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have come 1.2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against ATL he carried 4 times for 73 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CLE he carried 0 times for 0 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CIN he carried 3 times for 7 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

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 Justice Hill played 10 games and scored 65.2 PPR points, 6.5 a game, finishing RB60.

He carried 18 times for 93 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 21 of 27 targets for 169 more yards.

That came to 1.8 carries a game at 5.2 yards a carry and 2.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 37 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Puka Nacua was available for 6 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Puka Nacua scored 23.4 PPR points a game and Justice Hill 6.5, 16.9 a game between them.

Puka Nacua finished WR1 and Justice Hill RB60, which are two different ladders.

Puka Nacua is a wide receiver and Justice Hill 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 Justice Hill in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Puka Nacua has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.