Should I start Chris Olave or DeMario Douglas in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chris Olave, and the board ranks him 134th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 9.

Live drafts hold no current pick on DeMario Douglas, and the board ranks him 139th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Chris Olave is 2.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for DeMario Douglas is 2.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 10 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 7, Chris Olave has been on the field for 81 percent of NO snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 19 of the offence's 68 third down targets, had 1 of its 23 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 38 two minute targets.

His 71 targets have averaged 12.3 air yards.

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

In Week 6 against NYG he caught 4 of 7 targets for 43 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against PIT he caught 6 of 10 targets for 56 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, DeMario Douglas has been on the field for 56 percent of NE snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 37 targets have averaged 10.6 air yards.

In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 7 of 8 targets for 86 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against CHI he caught 3 of 4 targets for 23 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against MIA he caught 3 of 3 targets for 76 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 DeMario Douglas played 17 games and scored 95.8 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing WR65.

He caught 31 of 46 targets for 447 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 2.7 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 26 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

DeMario Douglas was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Chris Olave scored 16.8 PPR points a game and DeMario Douglas 5.6, 11.2 a game between them.

Chris Olave finished WR6 that year and DeMario Douglas WR65.

Chris Olave had 110 more targets than DeMario Douglas, 156 to 46.

Chris Olave had 716 more receiving yards than DeMario Douglas, 1163 to 447.

This season Chris Olave holds the bigger snap share, 81 percent against 56 percent.

This season Chris Olave holds the bigger target share, 27 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

Chris Olave is off in Week 8 and DeMario Douglas in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.