Start Puka Nacua. Nacua is projected for 23.3 PPR points vs 19.2 for Kenneth Walker III, and faces the 13th-toughest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Puka Nacua WR · LAR | Kenneth Walker III RB · KC | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 23.3 | 19.2 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 21.7 | 16.7 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 25.3 | 20.6 |
| StatChasers projection | 22.7 (WR1) | 19.7 (RB3) |
| Opponent | vs LAC | vs DEN |
| Opponent vs. position | 13th-toughest (30.0 pts/g allowed) | 11th-softest (22.4 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 36% target share (last 3) | 82% carry share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | RB |
| Our call | START · Strong WR1 | START · Strong RB1 |
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Start Puka Nacua. Nacua projects for 23.3 PPR points vs LAC, against 19.2 for Kenneth Walker III vs DEN: a 4.1-point edge.
The projection is the average of every source that carries each player this week, and a player listed Out or Doubtful is never the start.
Puka Nacua is projected to score more: 23.3 PPR points to 19.2 for Kenneth Walker III.
The sources range from 21.7 to 25.3 for Nacua and from 16.7 to 20.6 for Walker III. Even Walker III's highest projection is below Nacua's lowest.
Puka Nacua is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Nacua at 21.7 PPR points, against 16.7 for Kenneth Walker III.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Puka Nacua has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Nacua at 25.3 PPR points, against 20.6 for Kenneth Walker III.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Puka Nacua plays LAC and Kenneth Walker III plays DEN in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Nacua faces the 13th-toughest defense against WRs and Walker III faces the 11th-softest defense against RBs, so Kenneth Walker III has the softer matchup.
Each projection already accounts for the opponent, so a soft matchup is a tiebreaker, not a reason to bench the higher projection.
Over his recent games Puka Nacua has drawn 36% of his team's targets, and Kenneth Walker III 82% of his team's carries.
These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets, which here is Puka Nacua.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Puka Nacua nor Kenneth Walker III has an injury designation for Week 8.
Designations change through the week, so check again before kickoff; this page updates with each refresh.
Each figure is the average of the projection sources that carry the player this week: StatChasers, Sleeper, ESPN, numberFire, FFToday and the betting markets (sportsbook player props). Puka Nacua is projected by 5 of them and Kenneth Walker III by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.