Should I start Chris Olave or Garrett Wilson in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chris Olave, and the board ranks him 145th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 9.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Garrett Wilson, and the board ranks him 151st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Chris Olave is 2.8 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 Garrett Wilson is 2.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 9 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, Garrett Wilson has been on the field for 88 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 28 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 20 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 2 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 34 two minute targets.

His 63 targets have averaged 10.4 air yards.

In Week 6 against NE he caught 4 of 6 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against MIA he caught 2 of 3 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against LV he caught 6 of 12 targets for 83 yards and did not score.

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 Garrett Wilson played 7 games and scored 99.5 PPR points, 14.2 a game, finishing WR62.

He caught 36 of 59 targets for 395 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets.

That came to 8.4 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 11.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 89 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Chris Olave was available for 9 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Chris Olave scored 16.8 PPR points a game and Garrett Wilson 14.2, 2.6 a game between them.

Chris Olave finished WR6 that year and Garrett Wilson WR62.

Chris Olave had 97 more targets than Garrett Wilson, 156 to 59.

Chris Olave had 768 more receiving yards than Garrett Wilson, 1163 to 395.

This season Garrett Wilson holds the bigger snap share, 88 percent against 81 percent.

This season Garrett Wilson holds the bigger target share, 28 percent against 27 percent.

Byes and availability

Chris Olave is off in Week 8 and Garrett Wilson in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.