Two players, one answer.
Ja'Marr Chase vs Puka Nacua
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · Standard
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Toss-up · 14.4 to 13.8 projected (Week 8, Standard)
Rest of season
Puka Nacua by 26% (Redraft standard)Dynasty
Puka Nacua by 30% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · Standard · 53% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Puka Nacua is projected 0.6 points ahead of Ja'Marr Chase. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 53% 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
14.4 projected
vs LAC · Sun 4:05 PM ET
13.7 a game this season · last 3: 20.7, 8, 13.8
WR · CIN
Ja'Marr Chase
13.8 projected
vs TEN · Sun 1:00 PM ET
10.9 a game this season · last 3: 2.7, 13.7, 12.2
What the call rests on
- Puka Nacua: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 8:20 AM ET
- Ja'Marr Chase: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 8:20 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 8:27 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 8:27 AM ET, with the projections (hourly). A fresh projection time doesn't mean every status is: game-day inactives, about 90 minutes before kickoff, can come after it.
| Same projections, scored | Nacua | Chase |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 21.7 | 19.8 |
| Half PPR | 18.1 | 16.8 |
| Standard | 14.4 | 13.8 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 0.6 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 Standard 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%.