Start Puka Nacua or Chris Olave? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Puka Nacua over Chris Olave in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Puka Nacua at 22.8 points and Chris Olave at 17.3, a gap of 5.6.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 22.8 fantasy points for Puka Nacua, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Puka Nacua is 98 receiving yards and 7-8 receptions, with a 60% chance to score a touchdown (10, 10 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 17.3 fantasy points for Chris Olave, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Chris Olave is 80 receiving yards and 6-7 receptions, with a 39% chance to score a touchdown (10, 10 and 13 market sources).

That puts Puka Nacua 5.6 points ahead of Chris Olave on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Chris Olave and NO visit NYG on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NYG allowed 30.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 15th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 139 yards and a touchdown a game against NYG.

Injury status

Puka Nacua is not on the injury report.

Chris Olave is listed as questionable with a illness injury.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Puka Nacua played 83 percent of LAR snaps, drew 34 percent of the targets, earned 41 percent of the air yards and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

Puka Nacua, Week 1 against SF: 43 of 61 snaps, 9 targets and 5 catches for 74 yards.

Puka Nacua, Week 4 against PHI: 76 of 84 snaps, 1 carry for 2 yards, 12 targets and 9 catches for 125 yards, 1 touchdown.

Puka Nacua, Week 5 against BUF: 70 of 82 snaps, 2 carries for 9 yards, 24 targets and 17 catches for 138 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 5, Chris Olave played 86 percent of NO snaps, drew 28 percent of the targets, earned 45 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

Chris Olave, Week 2 against BAL: 57 of 68 snaps, 10 targets and 8 catches for 86 yards, 1 touchdown.

Chris Olave, Week 3 against LV: 62 of 74 snaps, 13 targets and 9 catches for 107 yards.

Chris Olave, Week 4 against ATL: 64 of 74 snaps, 12 targets and 8 catches for 116 yards.

Chris Olave, Week 5 against MIN: 41 of 45 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 46 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Puka Nacua played 16 games for LAR 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 and 1049 air yards.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Chris Olave played 16 games for NO and scored 269.0 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing WR6.

He caught 100 of 156 targets for 1163 yards and 9 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets and 874 air yards.

He was on the field for 84 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Puka Nacua over CeeDee Lamb.
• Start Puka Nacua over Davante Adams.
• Start Puka Nacua over Drake London.
• Start Chris Olave over Carnell Tate.
• Start CeeDee Lamb over Chris Olave.
• Start Chris Olave over Christian Watson.