Who Should I Start? Amon-Ra St. Brown or Puka Nacua

Friday, October 10, 6:01 PM

Detroit Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown missed the team's Wednesday practice this week due to a wrist injury, but he practiced in full on Thursday and Friday and does not carry an injury designation into Detroit's Week 6 matchup with the Kansas City Chiefs. St. Brown has been one of the most productive wideouts in the NFL so far this season, recording 35 catches for 407 yards and six touchdowns through five games. Kansas City has fielded a stingy pass defense so far this season, allowing the ninth-fewest passing yards (999) and fourth-fewest number of passing touchdowns (five) in the NFL. Still, St. Brown should see a significant target volume as the clear number one option in the Lions' passing game for quarterback Jared Goff. St. Brown profiles as a must-start fantasy wide receiver in Week 6 against the Chiefs.

Monday, October 13, 12:24 PM

Updating previous reports on Monday, Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay said that the team thinks wide receiver Puka Nacua (ankle) avoided a "long-term injury" in Sunday's Week 6 victory over the Baltimore Ravens, according to Sarah Barshop of ESPN. When deciding on when Nacua can return, McVay mentioned that the receiver's "style of play, the way and the nature at which he plays, that is something that does weigh into this." A report earlier on Monday suggested that Nacua was expected to miss some time, but McVay himself is calling him day-to-day and isn't ruling him out for Week 7 in London against the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Rams have their bye in Week 8, so the most likely scenario is that L.A. will hold Nacua out in Week 7 and hope to have him back for a Week 9 contest against the New Orleans Saints on Nov. 2. Fantasy managers should prepare for Nacua to miss at least one game. If Nacua doesn't play in London, Jordan Whittington and Tutu Atwell (hamstring) would be the next men up behind Davante Adams in the Rams' passing game.