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WR Puka Nacua LAR (1 Viewer)

I slept on Nacua. I figured at the time he was a flash in the pan.
Easy to do. We've all been burned by the week one super nova in fantasy. I threw a hail mary and dumped a ton of faab because I was desperate for a WR (and I live in LA so always nice to have a hometown guy). Didn't feel great but win big lose big haha. After watching last week's game I knew he was legit.
 
I slept on Nacua. I figured at the time he was a flash in the pan.
Easy to do. We've all been burned by the week one super nova in fantasy. I threw a hail mary and dumped a ton of faab because I was desperate for a WR (and I live in LA so always nice to have a hometown guy). Didn't feel great but win big lose big haha. After watching last week's game I knew he was legit.
Only the second mistake I've made in my life. The other one happened in 1992.
 
I slept on Nacua. I figured at the time he was a flash in the pan.
Easy to do. We've all been burned by the week one super nova in fantasy. I threw a hail mary and dumped a ton of faab because I was desperate for a WR (and I live in LA so always nice to have a hometown guy). Didn't feel great but win big lose big haha. After watching last week's game I knew he was legit.
Only the second mistake I've made in my life. The other one happened in 1992.
Was that when you got married?
 
Not sure anyone is going to get big trade value on Puka that is going to be thrilled if he keeps going off. Barring injury I think he is a top 24 WR this year with potential top 15. Who would you want for him where it would be a "straight up" trade rather than him as a "piece"? If someone offered, lets say, Amari Cooper would you make the deal? Jerry Jeudy? Nico? Again, having him is worth more than trading him at the moment. Sure, you can wonder "what happens when Kupp gets back" but how far would his production have to dip before you sit him? Tutu is getting looks but Arguably tutu is playing Kupps position, not Puka. No one else other than the RB is seeing any real target share here.

Again, I'm more on the he's a Boldin / C Patterson type early riser than an Eddie Royal. Now, he could get injured and all that will change, but he cost you a late round pick or some waiver money so I'd ride him unless you are hurting.
 
I slept on Nacua. I figured at the time he was a flash in the pan.
Easy to do. We've all been burned by the week one super nova in fantasy. I threw a hail mary and dumped a ton of faab because I was desperate for a WR (and I live in LA so always nice to have a hometown guy). Didn't feel great but win big lose big haha. After watching last week's game I knew he was legit.
Only the second mistake I've made in my life. The other one happened in 1992.
Was that when you got married?
No, that was 5 years later. It saved my life.
 
Definitely way more Boldin than Royal IMO. Only thing hindering this dude's outlook is the ghost of Cooper Kupp.
 
I slept on Nacua. I figured at the time he was a flash in the pan.
Easy to do. We've all been burned by the week one super nova in fantasy. I threw a hail mary and dumped a ton of faab because I was desperate for a WR (and I live in LA so always nice to have a hometown guy). Didn't feel great but win big lose big haha. After watching last week's game I knew he was legit.
Only the second mistake I've made in my life. The other one happened in 1992.
Was that when you got married?
No, that was 5 years later. It saved my life.
Just messing with you. That was much more of a reflection on my own horrible marriage. I got Puka though, so I've still only made the one mistake.
 
Anyone remember Eddie Royal? I would be careful with Nacua. His current low y/r and avg yards per target are all red flags. Nacua didn't have elite college production either. Also, his 4.57 40.



as everyone knows no good fantasy WR has ever had a slow 40 - Fitz ran a 4.63, Jerry Rice ran a 4.71 or 4.59 depending no who you talk to, Chris Carter was a 4.6x, Boldin ran a 4.7, Dez ran a 4.52, Nuk ran a 4.57, Davante Adams ran a 4.56, Mike Evans ran a 4.53, Cooper Kupp ran a 4.62.
Thanks for proving my point. Every single WR you just listed had a 1000 yd yr on its college resume. I play dynasty. All is needed from the Rams GM is to draft a TE in the next 2 years and Puka's value tanks. Higbee is going to be replaced really soon. Puka is not going to get that #1WR/#2 WR contract extension from the GM.
 
I seem to remember Ju-Ju Smith-Schuster having 900 yards his rookie year and 1400 in his second year. What happened? He was also young, so he was considered a great dynasty asset, and he was a higher draft pick than Puka Nacua. So while it is great what he's doing, it could just as easily fall apart once teams start rolling coverage his way. He took the league by surprise. I no longer think he is a surprise. While that may sound like I'm doubling down because I missed out on Nacua, and it may be to some degree, but it is something to think about. I would definitely think about selling high if I did have him.
 
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I seem to remember Ju-Ju Smith-Schuster having 900 yards his rookie year and 1400 in his second year. What happened? He was also young, so he was considered a great dynasty asset, and he was a higher draft pick than Puka Nacua. So while it is great what he's doing, it could just as easily fall apart once teams start rolling coverage his way. He took the league by surprise. I no longer think he is a surprise. While that may sound like I'm doubling down because I missed out on Nacua, and it may be to some degree, but it is something to think about. I would definitely think about selling high if I did have him.
JuJu's had a bum knee for years. Actually had it all the way back in college but it just worsened.
 
Anyone remember Eddie Royal? I would be careful with Nacua. His current low y/r and avg yards per target are all red flags. Nacua didn't have elite college production either. Also, his 4.57 40.



as everyone knows no good fantasy WR has ever had a slow 40 - Fitz ran a 4.63, Jerry Rice ran a 4.71 or 4.59 depending no who you talk to, Chris Carter was a 4.6x, Boldin ran a 4.7, Dez ran a 4.52, Nuk ran a 4.57, Davante Adams ran a 4.56, Mike Evans ran a 4.53, Cooper Kupp ran a 4.62.
Thanks for proving my point. Every single WR you just listed had a 1000 yd yr on its college resume. I play dynasty. All is needed from the Rams GM is to draft a TE in the next 2 years and Puka's value tanks. Higbee is going to be replaced really soon. Puka is not going to get that #1WR/#2 WR contract extension from the GM.
I seem to remember Ju-Ju Smith-Schuster having 900 yards his rookie year and 1400 in his second year. What happened? He was also young, so he was considered a great dynasty asset, and he was a higher draft pick than Puka Nacua. So while it is great what he's doing, it could just as easily fall apart once teams start rolling coverage his way. He took the league by surprise. I no longer think he is a surprise. While that may sound like I'm doubling down because I missed out on Nacua, and it may be to some degree, but it is something to think about. I would definitely think about selling high if I did have him.

but you don’t have him … people are so funny lol

Fits the system- Check
Has QB trust- Check
Great hands- Check
Great route runner- Check
Gets Seperation- Check (watch the film)
Great blocker- Check

Only knock is his health

Cooper Kupp was a league winner if you drafted him two years ago. Every league I was in the Owner who had Cooper Kupp made it to the championship game. Puka has shown that he has Kupp type potential in this offense so far. He is a top 5 fantasy WR already, and if he scored on a couple of those throws where Stafford missed him on he would be #1 or #2 right now. He Leads the league in targets and receptions and is #2 in yards

Are you trading away Tyreek Hill or Justin Jefferson? Because he is in that conversation already based on how they are using him and his productivity

Cooper Kupp is no lock to come back and be effective right away. And there is a possibility he doesn’t come back. Even if he does come back Puka has shown that he can be the Robert Woods for that offense. They pass the ball a ton, and use the passing game as an extension of the run game which would most likely make him a WR #2

if your betting on Kupp’s health getting back to 100% anytime soon. Than sure you could try to get a need on your team but that seems like a risky bet. I don’t think he gets fully healthy until mid season at best and I think they will ease him in to lower the risk of reinjury, and there is no rush since Puka has been so productive.

what if he doesn’t come back though and his hamstring continues to be a big issue ? You giving up a top 5 WR this year ?

It’s easy to say I told you so when you didn’t take the risk of paying your FAAB money …
 
I do think the kid's hype has reached an excessive level. Don't get me wrong, he deserves a lot of hype. The of-the-charts numbers are almost extreme enough to offset the small sample size. But there's hardly anything a WR can do in two career games to vault from almost complete irrelevance in dynasty into top 20 WR type range. Give me two more insane games or 6 more games with really good numbers and he's a top 20 dynasty WR in my book.
 
But there's hardly anything a WR can do in two career games to vault from almost complete irrelevance in dynasty into top 20 WR type range.
I made him a draft priority for both my dynasty teams, so “complete irrelevance” seems a bit overstated.

I do agree there isn’t much room for growth though - he could come out this week with 7/85/2 and it probably wouldn’t change his value.
 
But there's hardly anything a WR can do in two career games to vault from almost complete irrelevance in dynasty into top 20 WR type range.
I made him a draft priority for both my dynasty teams, so “complete irrelevance” seems a bit overstated.

I do agree there isn’t much room for growth though - he could come out this week with 7/85/2 and it probably wouldn’t change his value.
Interesting. He was definitely a name I had heard a number of times in my rookie research, but I don't think he was commonly considered even a top 10 rookie WR, was he? Maybe not even 15? Granted, I'm coming from a league that only starts 2 WR and 1 Flex so WR research is quite shallow. I had only 4 WR on my personal draft list down to pick #20. But Nacua wasn't even close to close to close to close to being there. So for me, complete irrelevance, but even for most I feel like very borderline relevance? I could be wrong.
 
but I don't think he was commonly considered even a top 10 rookie WR, was he? Maybe not even 15? Granted
Definitely not. As I understand it his draft stock fell heartily after he was injured often in his last year.

But right after the presumed top 12-ish guys, Puca’s name seemed to sit between them & everyone else. The Rams were considered a good fit & path to playing time. He got name dropped as a sleeper from time to time, and as mentioned, Waldman was on him as a cut above.

But that said, it’s a wide path between top 15 & complete irrelevance.

But no one expected this.
 
Puka Nacua is already a nice value and has to potential to be an incredible value with each week with even modest production most weeks. If he only finishes in the top 30 of WRs he had a great season.
This, this is code! Code for get-rid-of-him-while-he's-hot! :)
I made this mistake with Antonio Brown..........NEVER AGAIN!

Tex
 
Let's give a little credit to the Bengals defense. The offense was ugly but the Bengals defense stood up. It's an Ohio thing this week. "Defense".
 
And that’s what we call performance variability!

Nacua had a decent game with 5 for 7 and 72 yards and he’s still leading the league in targets and catches. Fourth in receiving yards and tied for last in TDs. I remain encouraged and he’s a must start for me and my relatively weak WR corps of Nacua, TLockett, CWatson and CSamuel.

I wonder how much the oblique injury impacted his play on Monday night.
 
And that’s what we call performance variability!

Nacua had a decent game with 5 for 7 and 72 yards and he’s still leading the league in targets and catches. Fourth in receiving yards and tied for last in TDs. I remain encouraged and he’s a must start for me and my relatively weak WR corps of Nacua, TLockett, CWatson and CSamuel.

I wonder how much the oblique injury impacted his play on Monday night.
Chase
Lamb
AJ Brown
Olave
Waddle

Guys drafted in the first 2 rounds that are also tied with Puka for last in TD catches.
 
And that’s what we call performance variability!

Nacua had a decent game with 5 for 7 and 72 yards and he’s still leading the league in targets and catches. Fourth in receiving yards and tied for last in TDs. I remain encouraged and he’s a must start for me and my relatively weak WR corps of Nacua, TLockett, CWatson and CSamuel.

I wonder how much the oblique injury impacted his play on Monday night.
Chase
Lamb
AJ Brown
Olave
Waddle

Guys drafted in the first 2 rounds that are also tied with Puka for last in TD catches.

I suspect TDs will come for all of them.

This is a reminder of why I don’t really factor TDs into my short term evaluations focusing on targets, receptions and yards instead.
 
And that’s what we call performance variability!

Nacua had a decent game with 5 for 7 and 72 yards and he’s still leading the league in targets and catches. Fourth in receiving yards and tied for last in TDs. I remain encouraged and he’s a must start for me and my relatively weak WR corps of Nacua, TLockett, CWatson and CSamuel.

I wonder how much the oblique injury impacted his play on Monday night.
Chase
Lamb
AJ Brown
Olave
Waddle

Guys drafted in the first 2 rounds that are also tied with Puka for last in TD catches.

I suspect TDs will come for all of them.

This is a reminder of why I don’t really factor TDs into my short term evaluations focusing on targets, receptions and yards instead.
I agree. Just thought it was an interesting point after 3 games. Plus I have Chase, Brown and Olave on my redraft team, so more aware of it than I would have been normally. I actually drafted Waddle too but traded him as part of a package for Brown. And I have Puka, so though 3 games, starting 4 WRs weekly, I have ZERO TDs from them lol
 
And that’s what we call performance variability!

Nacua had a decent game with 5 for 7 and 72 yards and he’s still leading the league in targets and catches. Fourth in receiving yards and tied for last in TDs. I remain encouraged and he’s a must start for me and my relatively weak WR corps of Nacua, TLockett, CWatson and CSamuel.

I wonder how much the oblique injury impacted his play on Monday night.
Chase
Lamb
AJ Brown
Olave
Waddle

Guys drafted in the first 2 rounds that are also tied with Puka for last in TD catches.

I suspect TDs will come for all of them.

This is a reminder of why I don’t really factor TDs into my short term evaluations focusing on targets, receptions and yards instead.
I agree. Just thought it was an interesting point after 3 games. Plus I have Chase, Brown and Olave on my redraft team, so more aware of it than I would have been normally. I actually drafted Waddle too but traded him as part of a package for Brown. And I have Puka, so though 3 games, starting 4 WRs weekly, I have ZERO TDs from them lol


How did you end up with 4 of them in redraft? Wow
 
And that’s what we call performance variability!

Nacua had a decent game with 5 for 7 and 72 yards and he’s still leading the league in targets and catches. Fourth in receiving yards and tied for last in TDs. I remain encouraged and he’s a must start for me and my relatively weak WR corps of Nacua, TLockett, CWatson and CSamuel.

I wonder how much the oblique injury impacted his play on Monday night.
Chase
Lamb
AJ Brown
Olave
Waddle

Guys drafted in the first 2 rounds that are also tied with Puka for last in TD catches.

I suspect TDs will come for all of them.

This is a reminder of why I don’t really factor TDs into my short term evaluations focusing on targets, receptions and yards instead.
I agree. Just thought it was an interesting point after 3 games. Plus I have Chase, Brown and Olave on my redraft team, so more aware of it than I would have been normally. I actually drafted Waddle too but traded him as part of a package for Brown. And I have Puka, so though 3 games, starting 4 WRs weekly, I have ZERO TDs from them lol


How did you end up with 4 of them in redraft? Wow
Drafted out of 3 spot. Chase, Waddle, Olave. Traded Waddle and a RB for Brown. Puka was a FA of course.

Suffering at RB of course but hopefully Achane eases my pain
 
Picked up Tutu last week and started him yesterday perhaps I missed his own thread but couldn't find it. Was hoping that first overturned TD would stand, easily should have had a 2 TD game.
 
I have Tutu in dynasty and Puka in redraft. I'm curious about the workload when Kupp comes back. I think Kupp eats into Puka's floor and ceiling quite a bit and Tutu remains a boom/bust flex option. I think McVay will continue to scheme 4-5 touches for Tutu based off how dynamic he is with his speed and strong hands. If Kupp can't get healthy, Puka's role as a possession chain mover should continue.
 
I have Tutu in dynasty and Puka in redraft. I'm curious about the workload when Kupp comes back. I think Kupp eats into Puka's floor and ceiling quite a bit and Tutu remains a boom/bust flex option. I think McVay will continue to scheme 4-5 touches for Tutu based off how dynamic he is with his speed and strong hands. If Kupp can't get healthy, Puka's role as a possession chain mover should continue.
Don’t Tutu and Kupp both play the slot? How do you see that working out?
 
And that’s what we call performance variability!

Nacua had a decent game with 5 for 7 and 72 yards and he’s still leading the league in targets and catches. Fourth in receiving yards and tied for last in TDs. I remain encouraged and he’s a must start for me and my relatively weak WR corps of Nacua, TLockett, CWatson and CSamuel.

I wonder how much the oblique injury impacted his play on Monday night.
Chase
Lamb
AJ Brown
Olave
Waddle

Guys drafted in the first 2 rounds that are also tied with Puka for last in TD catches.

I suspect TDs will come for all of them.

This is a reminder of why I don’t really factor TDs into my short term evaluations focusing on targets, receptions and yards instead.
If puka doesn't trip to come back for the ball Stafford threw in the 4th its a TD walking in. They will come.
 
IF Kupp is able to return Week 5-6-7, whenever....
IF Kupp is able to return to anything like his previous levels...
Then I think folks in redraft need to have a come to reality meeting that both Puka Nacua and Tutu Atwell, (one of the best tandem names of starting WRs ever), their targets are about to take a hit and if you think otherwise you are living in fantasy land.

-It's so easy right now to keep shooting up with Puka and TuTu on Sundays, but eventually you are going to be strung out

If Kupp cannot return or cannot play in the way we are used to watching...then this takes on a different arc, all together.
"This takes on a different arc"
-Airplane!
Thanks Leslie
 
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