Should I trade Brock Bowers for Puka Nacua?

Yes on value: Puka Nacua is worth 90 and Brock Bowers 75, a gain of 15. If Brock Bowers starts for you and Puka Nacua would sit, check the lineup first in the trade analyzer.

Who has more rest-of-season value, Brock Bowers or Puka Nacua?

Puka Nacua, 90 to 75. He rates 17.3 market points a game over 11 games left, against 16.3 over 11 for Brock Bowers, each measured above a replacement starter at his own position.

How are these trade values calculated?

Each player's points per game is the median of the market-based PPR points we froze before each week's first kickoff, Weeks 3, 4, 5. A replacement starter's rate is subtracted and the rest is multiplied by his games from Week 6 to Week 17, bye taken out. No expert opinion is involved.

Trade Brock Bowers for Puka Nacua? Yes, Nacua is worth 15 more.

Yes on value. Puka Nacua is worth 90 rest of season and Brock Bowers 75, so the side getting Nacua gains 15. Bowers rates 16.3 market points a game with 11 games left, Nacua 17.3 with 11. On usage, Bowers has drawn 31 percent of LV targets; Nacua has drawn 27 percent of LAR targets. Bowers hosts BUF in Week 6 (16th fewest points allowed to TEs); Nacua hosts ARI in Week 6 (6th most points allowed to WRs). Neither carries an injury designation this week.

The verdict, Week 5

Getting Puka Nacua wins by 15.

Brock Bowers 7590 Puka Nacua

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Brock Bowers

TE2LV

value, #24

Pts/game: 16.3
Games left: 11
Bye: 13

Brock Bowers weekly market-based points
Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5
11.5	16.3	16.8

Puka Nacua

WR5LAR

value, #15

Pts/game: 17.3
Games left: 11
Bye: 11

Puka Nacua weekly market-based points
Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5
3.0	17.3	21.5

Where the values come from

Bowers is the 2nd tight end on the chart and 24th overall. His 16.3 a game is 6.8 above the replacement tight end's 9.5, over 11 games left with his bye in Week 13, which is how he comes to 75.

Nacua is the 5th receiver on the chart and 15th overall. His 17.3 a game is 8.2 above the replacement receiver's 9.1, over 11 games left with his bye in Week 11, which is how he comes to 90.

The weekly market prices

The market priced Brock Bowers at 11.5 in Week 3, 16.3 in Week 4 and 16.8 in Week 5, a median of 16.3 points a game, up 5.3 from his first frozen week to his latest.

The market priced Puka Nacua at 3.0 in Week 3, 17.3 in Week 4 and 21.5 in Week 5, a median of 17.3 points a game, up 18.5 from his first frozen week to his latest.

Points so far against the price

Brock Bowers has scored 71.2 PPR points in 3 games, 23.7 a game, 7.4 a game more than the 16.3 the market prices him at from here.

Last season he finished TE11 with 176.2 PPR points in 12 games, 14.7 a game.

Week 3 vs NO: 27.6 points (TE1 that week), 10 of 14 targets for 116 yards, 1 touchdown, 79 percent of snaps.

Week 4 vs KC: 20.6 points (TE3 that week), 6 of 11 targets for 86 yards, 1 touchdown, 82 percent of snaps.

Week 5 vs NE: 23.0 points (TE2 that week), 8 of 10 targets for 110 yards, 1 touchdown.

Puka Nacua has scored 40.1 PPR points in 2 games, 20.1 a game, 2.8 a game more than the 17.3 the market prices him at from here.

Last season he finished WR1 with 375.0 PPR points in 16 games, 23.4 a game.

Week 1 vs SF: 12.4 points (WR27 that week), 5 of 9 targets for 74 yards, 70 percent of snaps.

Week 4 vs PHI: 27.7 points (WR5 that week), 2 rushing yards on 1 carry, 9 of 12 targets for 125 yards, 1 touchdown, 90 percent of snaps.

Usage a game this season

Through Week 4, Brock Bowers has averaged 12.0 targets and 8.0 catches for 101 yards a game on 81 percent of the snaps.

He has been targeted or handed the ball 4 times inside the 20, 24 percent of his team's chances there, and has scored 2 touchdowns in 2 games.

In Week 4 against KC he had 11 targets on 82 percent of the snaps.

Through Week 4, Puka Nacua has averaged 0.5 carries for 1 yard and 10.5 targets and 7.0 catches for 100 yards a game on 82 percent of the snaps.

He has been targeted or handed the ball 2 times inside the 20, 11 percent of his team's chances there, and has scored 1 touchdown in 2 games.

In Week 4 against PHI he had 1 carry and 12 targets on 90 percent of the snaps.

Schedule and next matchup

A trade made now buys Week 6 through Week 17. Brock Bowers has 11 games in it with his bye in Week 13; Puka Nacua has 11 games with his bye in Week 11.

BUF, Bowers's Week 6 opponent, has allowed 11.3 PPR points a game to TEs this season over 4 games, the 16th fewest to TEs of 32.

ARI, Nacua's Week 6 opponent, has allowed 38.4 PPR points a game to WRs this season over 4 games, the 6th most to WRs of 32.

What would even it

The side getting Brock Bowers would want about 15 more added to make it even: a player like Denzel Boston, valued at 15. Two players for Nacua also costs that side a roster spot.

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Common questions

Should I trade Brock Bowers for Puka Nacua?
Yes on value: Puka Nacua is worth 90 and Brock Bowers 75, a gain of 15. If Brock Bowers starts for you and Puka Nacua would sit, check the lineup first in the trade analyzer.
Who has more rest-of-season value, Brock Bowers or Puka Nacua?
Puka Nacua, 90 to 75. He rates 17.3 market points a game over 11 games left, against 16.3 over 11 for Brock Bowers, each measured above a replacement starter at his own position.
How are these trade values calculated?
Each player's points per game is the median of the market-based PPR points we froze before each week's first kickoff, Weeks 3, 4, 5. A replacement starter's rate is subtracted and the rest is multiplied by his games from Week 6 to Week 17, bye taken out. No expert opinion is involved.

By the Parlae deskValues updated Oct 12, 2026 at 9:06 AM ETHow this is built Report a wrong number