Puka Nacua or Rhamondre Stevenson: who should I start in Week 6?

The market-based projections

Puka Nacua's market-based projection is 22.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 2nd highest figure of the 156 players with a market-based projection.

Rhamondre Stevenson's market-based projection is 17.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 18th highest figure of the 156 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

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

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 6.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rhamondre Stevenson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 8th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Puka Nacua has been on the field for 83 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, Rhamondre Stevenson has been on the field for 64 percent of NE snaps, taken 40 percent of the carries, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 3 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have come 0.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against JAX he carried 7 times for 22 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BUF he carried 13 times for 47 yards, caught 3 of 5 targets for 27 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against LV he carried 13 times for 64 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 21 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Rhamondre Stevenson played 14 games and scored 178.8 PPR points, 12.8 a game, finishing RB25.

He carried 130 times for 603 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 32 of 37 targets for 345 more yards.

That came to 9.3 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 60 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Puka Nacua was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Puka Nacua scored 23.4 PPR points a game and Rhamondre Stevenson 12.8, 10.7 a game between them.

Puka Nacua finished WR1 and Rhamondre Stevenson RB25, which are two different ladders.

Puka Nacua is a wide receiver and Rhamondre Stevenson a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

4.9 points a game is the entire case. The market restates 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 projection, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market-based projection when it does.