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Puka Nacua
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WRs vs Philadelphia Eagles

As of Week 4 · through 2 games · PPR

Puka Nacua
Comparing
Puka Nacua vs the Eagles
Projection 17.8 pts · 1 game played this season
Start

WR1 = the highest-scoring WR against Eagles in each game, not a fixed depth-chart spot.

WR1 avg pts
12.6
PPR per game
Rank
24
of 32 (1 = most allowed)
vs League
-25%
lg avg 17.0
WkTeamPlayerTgtRecReYdReTDFPts
1WASWASAntonio Williams4464116.4
2TENTENElic Ayomanor326908.9
Average3.53.066.50.512.6
Median3.53.066.50.512.6
High4469116.4
Low326408.9

Averages are raw, outliers are never removed.

Prediction for Puka Nacua

Nobody knows which slot Puka Nacua will land in this week, so pick the one you expect. The projection changes because each slot faces a different average from the Eagles.

If Puka Nacua plays as
17.8
projected PPR points

I predict about 17.8 points for Puka Nacua if playing as a WR1. Puka Nacua has averaged 12.4 over 1 game, and the Eagles have given up 12.6 to WR1s (-25% vs the league average of 17.0).

How this projection is built

1. The player. Puka Nacua scored: Wk 1 12.4. Average 12.4; weighted toward recent games it is 19.8.

2. The defense. Over 2 games, the Eagles allowed 12.6 points to their opponent's WR1. The league average for that slot is 17.0, so that is -25%.

3. Trusting small samples less. With 2 defensive games, only 40% of the gap is applied, capped at +/-30%. That gives a -10% adjustment (x0.90).

4. Result. 19.8 x 0.90 = 17.8. Switching slots only changes step 2 and 3: the player's own numbers stay the same, but each slot faces a different defensive average.

It is a statistical model, not knowledge of injuries, game script or weather.

Chance to score

Type a point total to see how likely Puka Nacua is to reach it as a WR1.

41%
chance of 18+ PPR points
Why this percentage?

The projection (17.8) is the middle of the range. Fantasy scores swing a lot from game to game, so the model spreads possible scores around it by about 10.7 points, leaning on Puka Nacua's own game-to-game swings once there are several games (and on typical WR swings before that).

Scores are modelled as right-skewed, since a big game is possible but a very negative one is not. The percentage is the share of that spread at or above 18.

With only 1 game of history, treat this as a rough gauge. It gets sharper as the season goes on. It is never lower than 1% or higher than 99%.

Insights

  • WR1s have averaged 3.0 receptions, 66.5 receiving yards and 0.5 receiving TDs against the Eagles across 2 games.
  • The Eagles allow 12.6 PPR points to WR1s, -25% versus the league average of 17.0 (ranked 24 of 32, where 1 is most generous). That is a tough matchup.
  • 1 of 2 games reached 10+ PPR points. Scores range from 8.9 to 16.4 (median 12.6).
  • Every WR1 in the sample cleared 60 receiving yards.
  • WR1s scored a touchdown in 1 of 2 games (50%).
  • Small sample: only 2 games so far. Treat these numbers as directional, not settled.

Insights are generated by rules from the table above and recalculate every week.

What do these columns mean?
Wk
Week of the season
Tgt
Targets (passes thrown to the player)
Rec
Receptions
ReYd
Receiving yards
ReTD
Receiving touchdowns
Car
Carries (rushing attempts)
RuYd
Rushing yards
RuTD
Rushing touchdowns
Cmp / Att
Completions and pass attempts
PaYd / PaTD
Passing yards and touchdowns
INT
Interceptions thrown
FGM / FGA
Field goals made and attempted
FPts
Fantasy points in your scoring format
Sck / TO
Defense: sacks and takeaways
PA
Points allowed by a defense
G
Games in the sample
vs Lg
Percent above or below the league average
Start / Sit · Puka Nacua
Start17.8 proj pts
Medium confidence
  • Puka Nacua averages 12.4 PPR points over 1 game (recent-weighted 12.4) and has played as the team's WR1.
  • The Eagles have allowed 12.6 points to WR1s over 2 games (-25% vs league). The model applies 40% of that gap because the sample is small, giving a -10% adjustment.
  • Last season's average (23.4) is blended in at 67% weight because this season's sample is small.
  • Injury report: Questionable. The projection assumes the player plays.
  • Projection: 17.8 points.
  • For reference, a typical weekly starter-level WR scores about 11.8 and a top-tier one about 20.8.
  • A statistical model from box scores, Vegas lines, weather and injury tags. It cannot see role changes or in-game events.

Puka Nacua's stats vs the Eagles

Season so far, compared with what the group you pick below has done against the Eagles, plus a projection for this game.

What is this table?

Rows at the top are every game Puka Nacua has played this season, using the same stat columns as the table above.

Compare against picks which group of Eagles opponents to line them up with: the best WR they faced in each game (1), the second best (2), the third best (3), or all of the top three. Nobody knows which slot Puka Nacua will land in this week, so this is your call, not a guess.

Eagles avg is the average line of that group. Difference is that minus Puka Nacua's own average: green means the defense gives that slot more than Puka Nacua usually produces.

Projected is Puka Nacua's recent-weighted average scaled by how generous the Eagles were to the slot you picked. Change the slot and the projected points change, because each slot has a different matchup adjustment. Picking Top 3 uses the usual-role projection.

Compare against
WkOppTgtRecReYdReTDFPts
1SF9574012.4
Nacua avg9.05.074.00.012.4
Eagles WR1 avg3.53.066.50.512.6
Difference-5.5-2.0-7.5+0.5+0.2
Projected as WR18.14.566.50.017.8

Difference is what the defense allows minus what Nacua averages (green = defense gives up more). Projected stats scale the player's averages by the matchup adjustment, so they are a rough guide.