Puka Nacua or Rachaad White: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Puka Nacua: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 48th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 6.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rachaad White: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 51st overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Puka Nacua at 6.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has Rachaad White at 6.1 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 10 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back'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 5

Through Week 5, Puka Nacua has been on the field for 82 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 34 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 3 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 45 targets have averaged 9.7 air yards.

In Week 1 against SF he caught 5 of 9 targets for 74 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against PHI he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 9 of 12 targets for 125 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against BUF he carried 2 times for 9 yards, caught 17 of 24 targets for 138 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 5, Rachaad White has been on the field for 49 percent of WAS snaps, taken 24 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 0.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against DAL he carried 7 times for 43 yards, caught 6 of 6 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against SEA he carried 8 times for 35 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 6 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against NYG he carried 7 times for 18 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 2 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 Rachaad White played 17 games and scored 143.0 PPR points, 8.4 a game, finishing RB32.

He carried 132 times for 572 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 40 of 45 targets for 218 more yards.

That came to 7.8 carries a game at 4.3 yards a carry and 2.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 51 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Rachaad White was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Puka Nacua scored 23.4 PPR points a game and Rachaad White 8.4, 15.0 a game between them.

Puka Nacua finished WR1 and Rachaad White RB32, which are two different ladders.

Puka Nacua is a wide receiver and Rachaad White 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 Rachaad White in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.