Should I start Chris Olave or Jalen Coker in Week 7?

The market-based projections

Chris Olave's market-based projection is 15.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 37th highest figure of the 204 players with a market-based projection.

Jalen Coker's market-based projection is 14.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 49th highest figure of the 204 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chris Olave, and the board ranks him 24th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 9.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jalen Coker, and the board ranks him 35th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Chris Olave has been on the field for 81 percent of NO snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 17 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 1 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 37 two minute targets.

His 61 targets have averaged 12.8 air yards.

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.

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

Through Week 6, Jalen Coker has been on the field for 67 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 1 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 35 targets have averaged 11.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against ATL he caught 8 of 9 targets for 66 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CLE he caught 2 of 4 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against PHI he caught 6 of 13 targets for 97 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 Jalen Coker played 11 games and scored 90.4 PPR points, 8.2 a game, finishing WR69.

He caught 33 of 43 targets for 394 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 3.9 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Chris Olave was available for 5 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Chris Olave scored 16.8 PPR points a game and Jalen Coker 8.2, 8.6 a game between them.

Chris Olave finished WR6 that year and Jalen Coker WR69.

Chris Olave had 113 more targets than Jalen Coker, 156 to 43.

Chris Olave had 769 more receiving yards than Jalen Coker, 1163 to 394.

This season Chris Olave holds the bigger snap share, 81 percent against 67 percent.

This season Chris Olave holds the bigger target share, 27 percent against 24 percent.

Byes and availability

Chris Olave is off in Week 8 and Jalen Coker in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

1.0 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.