Start Puka Nacua. Nacua is projected for 24.5 PPR points vs 15.8 for Matthew Golden, and faces the 12th-softest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Puka Nacua WR · LAR | Matthew Golden WR · GB | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 24.5 | 15.8 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 23.1 | 14.9 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 26.4 | 17.2 |
| StatChasers projection | 23.3 (WR1) | 15.6 (WR13) |
| Opponent | vs WAS | vs NE |
| Opponent vs. position | 12th-softest (33.6 pts/g allowed) | 10th-softest (33.8 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 34% target share (last 3) | 31% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | START · Strong WR1 | START · WR2 |
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Start Puka Nacua. Nacua projects for 24.5 PPR points vs WAS, against 15.8 for Matthew Golden vs NE: a 8.7-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: 24.5 PPR points to 15.8 for Matthew Golden.
The sources range from 23.1 to 26.4 for Nacua and from 14.9 to 17.2 for Golden. Even Golden's highest projection is below Nacua's lowest.
Puka Nacua is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Nacua at 23.1 PPR points, against 14.9 for Matthew Golden.
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 26.4 PPR points, against 17.2 for Matthew Golden.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Puka Nacua plays WAS and Matthew Golden plays NE in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Nacua faces the 12th-softest defense against WRs and Golden faces the 10th-softest defense against WRs, so Matthew Golden 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 34% of his team's targets, and Matthew Golden 31% of his team's targets.
Puka Nacua has the bigger role, and volume is the steadiest thing a projection rests on.
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 Matthew Golden has an injury designation for Week 9.
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 6 of them and Matthew Golden by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.