Should I start Tommy Tremble or Puka Nacua in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tommy Tremble, and the board ranks him 48th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Puka Nacua, and the board ranks him 49th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 6.

The market-based projections

Tommy Tremble's market-based projection is 5.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 6 market sources. That is the 42nd highest figure of the 211 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Puka Nacua is 4.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 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.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Tommy Tremble has been on the field for 56 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 34 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 4.3 air yards.

In Week 6 against PHI he caught 4 of 4 targets for 46 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 7 against TB he caught 1 of 2 targets for 8 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against GB he caught 1 of 3 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Puka Nacua has been on the field for 86 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 34 percent of the targets and had 22 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 20 of the offence's 48 third down targets, had 3 of its 18 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 74 targets have averaged 7.7 air yards.

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.

In Week 8 against LAC he caught 11 of 12 targets for 80 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Tommy Tremble played 17 games and scored 63.9 PPR points, 3.8 a game, finishing TE42.

He caught 27 of 37 targets for 249 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 2.2 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 9.2 yards a catch.

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

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.

Tommy Tremble was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Puka Nacua scored 23.4 PPR points a game and Tommy Tremble 3.8, 19.7 a game between them.

Tommy Tremble finished TE42 and Puka Nacua WR1, which are two different ladders.

Tommy Tremble is a tight end and Puka Nacua a wide receiver, 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. No bye is listed for Tommy Tremble.

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.