Two players, one answer.
Ja'Marr Chase vs Puka Nacua
Any format · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
Toss-up · 21.6 to 20.1 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Puka Nacua by 24% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Puka Nacua by 30% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 57% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Puka Nacua is projected 1.5 points ahead of Ja'Marr Chase. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 57% of the time. That's close to a coin flip: on these projections neither is the better start, and an injury report or a projection update before kickoff can tip it.
WR · LAR
Puka Nacua
21.6 projected
vs LAC · Sun 4:05 PM ET
22.7 a game this season · last 3: 37.7, 14, 21.8
WR · CIN
Ja'Marr Chase
20.1 projected
vs TEN · Sun 1:00 PM ET
16.2 a game this season · last 3: 5.7, 19.7, 17.2
What the call rests on
- Puka Nacua: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 7:50 PM ET
- Ja'Marr Chase: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 7:50 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Tue, Oct 27, 7:55 PM ET.
- Injury statuses: Sleeper's player list, read Tue, Oct 27, 9:01 AM ET (once a day). Game-day inactives, about 90 minutes before kickoff, come after it.
| Same projections, scored | Nacua | Chase |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 21.6 | 20.1 |
| Half PPR | 18 | 16.9 |
| Standard | 14.3 | 13.7 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 1.5 points or more in the other direction flips the call; Sleeper keeps adjusting its projections until kickoff, and this page reads them again at most an hour after it last did.
- Ja'Marr Chase plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Puka Nacua's late news is known.
Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)
This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with PPR settings. The percentage is how often a projected gap like this held up across the 2025 season; checked against 2026 games (not used to fit it), the stated chances so far run a few points high, so read a 60% call as nearer 55%.