Bo Nix or Chris Olave: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Bo Nix: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 72nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Chris Olave: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 73rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 9.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Bo Nix at 15.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 14th highest figure of the 107 players the market prices.

The market has Chris Olave at 3.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Chris Olave's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Bo Nix has been on the field for 100 percent of DEN snaps, dropped back 172 times and thrown 5.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 18 of 172 dropbacks and scrambled 4 times.

In Week 3 against LAR he completed 17 of 34 passes for 186 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 4 times for 7 yards.

In Week 4 against SF he completed 25 of 42 passes for 214 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 10 yards.

In Week 5 against LAC he completed 16 of 27 passes for 123 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 10 yards.

Through Week 5, Chris Olave has been on the field for 85 percent of NO snaps, drawn 28 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 48 third down targets, had 1 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 54 targets have averaged 13.5 air yards.

In Week 3 against LV he caught 9 of 13 targets for 107 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against ATL he caught 8 of 12 targets for 116 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against MIN he caught 4 of 6 targets for 46 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Bo Nix played 17 games and scored 315.8 PPR points, 18.6 a game, finishing QB7.

He threw for 3931 yards on 612 attempts with 25 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and ran for 356 yards and 5 touchdowns.

That came to 36.0 attempts a game at 6.4 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 100 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Chris Olave played 16 games and scored 269.0 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing WR6.

He caught 100 of 156 targets for 1163 yards and 9 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 9.8 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 11.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 84 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Bo Nix was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Bo Nix scored 18.6 PPR points a game and Chris Olave 16.8, 1.8 a game between them.

Bo Nix finished QB7 and Chris Olave WR6, which are two different ladders.

Bo Nix is a quarterback and Chris Olave a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Bo Nix is off in Week 10 and Chris Olave in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Chris Olave is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.