Puka Nacua or Kyle Williams: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Puka Nacua: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 164th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 5.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kyle Williams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 168th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the sportsbooks 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.

The player markets price Kyle Williams at 2.1 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 14 books. That is the 168th highest figure of the 175 players the books price.

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

This season so far

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 2, Kyle Williams has been on the field for 18 percent of NE snaps, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 16 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have averaged 11.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against SEA he was not given the ball.

In Week 2 against PIT he caught 1 of 2 targets for 10 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 Kyle Williams played 17 games and scored 49.2 PPR points, 2.9 a game, finishing WR112.

He caught 10 of 21 targets for 209 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 1.2 targets a game, a 48 percent catch rate and 20.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 30 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kyle Williams was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Puka Nacua scored 23.4 PPR points a game and Kyle Williams 2.9, 20.5 a game between them.

Puka Nacua finished WR1 that year and Kyle Williams WR112.

Puka Nacua had 145 more targets than Kyle Williams, 166 to 21.

Puka Nacua had 1506 more receiving yards than Kyle Williams, 1715 to 209.

This season Puka Nacua holds the bigger snap share, 70 percent against 18 percent.

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

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 11, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

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.