Should I start Charlie Kolar or Josh Oliver in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Charlie Kolar, and the board ranks him 285th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Josh Oliver, and the board ranks him 293rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Charlie Kolar, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for Josh Oliver, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season so far

Through Week 6, Charlie Kolar has been on the field for 65 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 4.8 air yards.

In Week 2 against LV he caught 3 of 3 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DEN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against KC he caught 3 of 6 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

Through Week 3, Josh Oliver has been on the field for 55 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 30 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 3.6 air yards.

In Week 1 against GB he caught 2 of 4 targets for 22 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against CHI he caught 1 of 1 target for 24 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TB he was not given the ball.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Charlie Kolar played 17 games and scored 36.2 PPR points, 2.1 a game, finishing TE62.

He caught 10 of 15 targets for 142 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 0.9 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 14.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 40 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Josh Oliver played 15 games and scored 55.0 PPR points, 3.7 a game, finishing TE49.

He caught 15 of 19 targets for 160 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 1.3 targets a game, a 79 percent catch rate and 10.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 46 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Charlie Kolar was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Josh Oliver scored 3.7 PPR points a game and Charlie Kolar 2.1, 1.5 a game between them.

Charlie Kolar finished TE62 that year and Josh Oliver TE49.

Josh Oliver had 4 more targets than Charlie Kolar, 19 to 15.

Josh Oliver had 18 more receiving yards than Charlie Kolar, 160 to 142.

This season Charlie Kolar holds the bigger snap share, 65 percent against 55 percent.

This season Charlie Kolar holds the bigger target share, 12 percent against 7 percent.

Byes and availability

Charlie Kolar is off in Week 7 and Josh Oliver in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

Josh Oliver is listed as ir on the injury report.