CeeDee LamborPuka Nacua?

Week 5 start/sit decision, wide receiver versus wide receiver.

Our call

Lean Puka Nacua

Puka Nacua outscores CeeDee Lamb in 53% of simulations.

That's close to a coin flip: CeeDee Lamb comes out ahead in the other 47%. Lean Puka Nacua, and let news and your league's scoring break the tie. Puka Nacua projects 1.7 half-PPR points ahead in Week 5. The matchups don't separate them: Puka Nacua faces the Buffalo Bills (average to WRs), CeeDee Lamb faces the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (6% fewer than average to WRs).

Range of outcomes, half-PPR

CeeDee Lamb
Floor
7.8
Median
15.8
Ceiling
28.4
Big game (20+):
32%
Dud (under 6):
5%
Puka Nacua
Floor
7.8
Median
16.7
Ceiling
31.2
Big game (20+):
36%
Dud (under 6):
5%

Each week is simulated thousands of times from the projection and the player’s usual week-to-week swing. Floor and ceiling are the 10th and 90th percentile: 8 weeks in 10 land between them.

StatCeeDee LambWR, DAL, Thu, Oct 8, 8:15 p.m. ETPuka NacuaWR, LAR, Mon, Oct 12, 8:15 p.m. ET
Half-PPR projection17.118.8
PPR projection20.822.7
Standard projection13.514.9
Rank this weekWR4WR2
Matchupvs TBvs BUF
InjuryNoneNone
2026 points per game23.416.6
Last season per game12.619.4
Snap share, last game86%90%
Trade value7280