Value Pick for Week: Puka Nacua - The Perfect Sleeper Player
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00:03 - All right, so let's say I'm building a lineup
00:05 and for whatever reason,
00:06 I find myself either coveting a player later on
00:09 or I've already taken that player
00:10 and I can't afford Cooper Cup.
00:12 I can't make it work.
00:14 I still wanna be in that offensive ecosystem
00:17 as you say all the time.
00:19 How do I do that at a much better price point?
00:22 Anybody in the 7,000 tier on both platforms,
00:26 Fendel and DK that will allow me that?
00:29 - Yeah, Puka Nakua, who I think is actually a value
00:31 on Fendel at 7,300.
00:32 Now, instead of paying all the way up to the top of the board
00:35 and wanting to attack the Pittsburgh Steelers the way I do,
00:38 Puka Nakua is a really interesting way to do it
00:39 because people are sour on Puka now
00:41 because Cooper Cup is back.
00:43 And last week, he didn't have a great game against Arizona.
00:45 Four catches on seven targets for just 26 yards.
00:48 Oh no, he must be terrible now.
00:50 No, this is all opportunity.
00:52 This is all, and this is what happens.
00:54 People overreact to one week,
00:56 they overreact to play a different narrative.
00:58 There's no reason why Puka Nakua
00:59 can't have two touchdowns in this game.
01:01 There's no reason that Puka Nakua can't be the guy
01:02 that goes over a hundred yards in this game.
01:04 Don't forget, they do not have a running back situation
01:07 that is a good room for them.
01:09 And Sean McVay wants to throw the football,
01:10 so does Matthew Stafford.
01:11 Matthew Stafford could throw the ball 50 times in this game.
01:14 Even if they are in a lead scenario,
01:17 just because that might be the way they want to play
01:19 because of the running back injuries that they've had.
01:21 You lose your, I mean, think about it.
01:23 They had Cam Akers to start the year, he's in Minnesota.
01:26 Right? Because they didn't want to play him.
01:27 Kyron Williams has been playing, he's been really good.
01:29 He is out for four weeks.
01:31 Then you lose his backup in the same game, Ronnie Rivers.
01:33 Now you're down to Zach Evans, a rookie,
01:35 and practice squad guys that are coming back
01:37 off the scrap heap.
01:38 They're going to throw the ball.
01:39 So Puka Nakua, I know he had a down week.
01:41 I know, you know, I look at the seven for 71
01:44 in that first game against Philly,
01:46 when Cooper Cup came back with a touchdown.
01:48 That's the kind of day you could have.
01:50 Had he not have that fumble,
01:51 he would have had any more points.
01:52 He would have had more like 18 points.
01:53 So Puka to me is that perfect guy
01:56 that's kind of sliding under the radar.
01:58 People are off of him because of the down week.
02:00 It's a big mistake.
02:01 It's a big opportunity.
02:02 So yeah, expensive on DK, but kind of,
02:04 I would say value-ish over on FanDuel today.
02:07 So I really like Puka.
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