Start Puka Nacua or Ja'Marr Chase? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Ja'Marr Chase over Puka Nacua in Week 10.

Puka Nacua is not active, so this is not a close call: start Ja'Marr Chase. Drafters take Ja'Marr Chase at ADP 4 and Puka Nacua at 3.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 22.0 fantasy points for Ja'Marr Chase, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Ja'Marr Chase is 92 receiving yards, 8-9 receptions and 0.7 touchdowns (11, 9 and 11 market sources).

No Week 10 player market is posted for Puka Nacua yet. His market-based projections were 19.7, 21.5 and 22.2 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 21.1, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

That puts Ja'Marr Chase 0.9 points ahead of Puka Nacua on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Ja'Marr Chase and CIN host PIT on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

PIT allowed 28.7 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 11th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 139 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against PIT.

Puka Nacua and LAR visit ARI on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

ARI allowed 33.5 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 13th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 152 yards and 1.4 touchdowns a game against ARI.

By points allowed to the position, Puka Nacua has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Ja'Marr Chase is not on the injury report.

Puka Nacua is listed as questionable with a knee injury.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Ja'Marr Chase played 81 percent of CIN snaps, drew 25 percent of the targets, earned 33 percent of the air yards and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

Ja'Marr Chase, Week 5 against MIA: 58 of 65 snaps, 10 targets and 6 catches for 77 yards, 1 touchdown.

Ja'Marr Chase, Week 7 against BAL: 46 of 53 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 62 yards, 1 touchdown.

Ja'Marr Chase, Week 8 against TEN: 71 of 74 snaps, 16 targets and 11 catches for 141 yards, 1 touchdown.

Ja'Marr Chase, Week 9 against ATL: 48 of 57 snaps, 12 targets and 10 catches for 155 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 9, Puka Nacua played 87 percent of LAR snaps, drew 36 percent of the targets, earned 41 percent of the air yards and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

Puka Nacua, Week 6 against ARI: 52 of 58 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 80 yards.

Puka Nacua, Week 7 against LV: 61 of 72 snaps, 2 carries for 10 yards, 10 targets and 8 catches for 68 yards, 1 touchdown.

Puka Nacua, Week 8 against LAC: 52 of 54 snaps, 12 targets and 11 catches for 80 yards, 1 touchdown.

Puka Nacua, Week 9 against WAS: 70 of 75 snaps, 2 carries for 20 yards, 19 targets and 14 catches for 150 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Ja'Marr Chase played 16 games for CIN and scored 313.6 PPR points, 19.6 a game, finishing WR4.

He caught 125 of 185 targets for 1412 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 21 red zone targets and 772 air yards.

He was on the field for 94 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Ja'Marr Chase over Amon-Ra St. Brown.
• Start Ja'Marr Chase over CeeDee Lamb.
• Start Ja'Marr Chase over Chris Olave.
• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Puka Nacua.
• Start CeeDee Lamb over Puka Nacua.
• Start Drake London over Puka Nacua.