Should I trade Puka Nacua for Zay Flowers?

No on value: Puka Nacua is worth 90 and Zay Flowers 66, a loss of 24. It can still help a lineup that needs a receiver more than it needs Nacua.

Who has more rest-of-season value, Puka Nacua or Zay Flowers?

Puka Nacua, 90 to 66. He rates 17.3 market points a game over 11 games left, against 15.1 over 11 for Zay Flowers, 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 Puka Nacua for Zay Flowers? No, Nacua is worth 24 more.

No on value. Puka Nacua is worth 90 rest of season and Zay Flowers 66, so giving up Nacua costs 24. Nacua rates 17.3 market points a game with 11 games left, Flowers 15.1 with 11. On usage, Nacua has drawn 27 percent of LAR targets; Flowers has drawn 30 percent of BAL targets. Nacua hosts ARI in Week 6 (6th most points allowed to WRs); Flowers is at CLE in Week 6 (8th most points allowed to WRs). Neither carries an injury designation this week.

The verdict, Week 5

Keeping Puka Nacua wins by 24.

Puka Nacua 9066 Zay Flowers

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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

Zay Flowers

WR10BAL

value, #28

Pts/game: 15.1
Games left: 11
Bye: 13

Zay Flowers weekly market-based points
Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5
16.1	15.1	14.6

Where the values come from

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.

Flowers is the 10th receiver on the chart and 28th overall. His 15.1 a game is 6.0 above the replacement receiver's 9.1, over 11 games left with his bye in Week 13, which is how he comes to 66.

The weekly market prices

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.

The market priced Zay Flowers at 16.1 in Week 3, 15.1 in Week 4 and 14.6 in Week 5, a median of 15.1 points a game, down 1.5 from his first frozen week to his latest.

Points so far against the price

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.

Zay Flowers has scored 81.8 PPR points in 4 games, 20.5 a game, 5.4 a game more than the 15.1 the market prices him at from here.

Last season he finished WR7 with 243.3 PPR points in 17 games, 14.3 a game.

Week 1 vs IND: 26.0 points (WR7 that week), 5 of 6 targets for 150 yards, 1 touchdown, 29 percent of snaps.

Week 3 vs DAL: 15.4 points (WR22 that week), 20 rushing yards on 1 carry, 5 of 6 targets for 84 yards, 33 percent of snaps.

Week 4 vs TEN: 25.8 points (WR7 that week), 8 of 10 targets for 118 yards, 1 touchdown, 73 percent of snaps.

Week 5 vs ATL: 14.6 points (WR18 that week), 13 rushing yards on 1 carry, 8 of 9 targets for 53 yards.

Usage a game this season

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.

Through Week 4, Zay Flowers has averaged 7.3 targets and 6.0 catches for 117 yards a game on 45 percent of the snaps.

He has been targeted or handed the ball 4 times inside the 20, 11 percent of his team's chances there, and has scored 2 touchdowns in 3 games.

In Week 4 against TEN he had 10 targets on 73 percent of the snaps.

Schedule and next matchup

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

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.

CLE, Flowers's Week 6 opponent, has allowed 37.3 PPR points a game to WRs this season over 4 games, the 8th most to WRs of 32.

What would even it

The side getting Zay Flowers would want about 24 more added to make it even: a player like Jameson Williams, valued at 24. Two players for Nacua also costs that side a roster spot.

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The full Week 5 trade value chart

Common questions

Should I trade Puka Nacua for Zay Flowers?
No on value: Puka Nacua is worth 90 and Zay Flowers 66, a loss of 24. It can still help a lineup that needs a receiver more than it needs Nacua.
Who has more rest-of-season value, Puka Nacua or Zay Flowers?
Puka Nacua, 90 to 66. He rates 17.3 market points a game over 11 games left, against 15.1 over 11 for Zay Flowers, 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