Best Ball Guy suggested scooping Jordan Whittington whenever you miss out on Puka Nacua shares. He called Whittington "the direct backup" to Nacua and noted that the reserve wide-out "will play a little bit," giving drafters inexpensive contingent upside in the same passing game. The strategy keeps your roster structure intact and provides a path to production if Nacua were to miss time.

Jon Warner said he has started sprinkling Jordan Whittington onto Rams builds after hearing Sean McVay call the rookie "a guy you don’t bet against." Warner highlighted the coach’s praise for Whittington’s strength, route precision and work ethic, then reminded viewers that the Rams used him as Cooper Kupp’s practice-squad clone all last season. With Kupp now 31 and coming off back-to-back injury-marred campaigns, Warner believes Whittington could step directly into the high-percentage slot role that funneled 28 % of team targets to Kupp in 2021-22. Because Whittington is undrafted in most rooms, Warner likes tacking him onto Stafford or Vikings bring-back stacks as a free shot at 6-to-8 target weeks if Kupp misses time or cedes snaps in two-WR sets.

Polzin called Jordan Whittington the perfect final-round pick to handcuff Puka Nacua and Davante Adams in best-ball drafts. Whittington flashed Puka-like traits in 2024 preseason and handled 97 % of snaps in Week 4, turning eight targets into 6-62-0. He followed with a 10-7-89 line on 71 snaps in Week 5 when the Rams were thin at receiver. That two-game sample produced 12.2 and 15.9 PPR points. With Adams aging and Nacua already nicked up last year, Polzin expects at least three viable spike weeks from Whittington if either starter misses time, making him a cheap injury-contingent lottery ticket.