Should I start Ja'Marr Chase or Chris Olave in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ja'Marr Chase, and the board ranks him 4th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 5.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chris Olave, and the board ranks him 59th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 9.

The market-based projections

Ja'Marr Chase's market-based projection is 21.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 6 market sources. That is the 2nd highest figure of the 208 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Chris Olave is 3.5 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.

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

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Ja'Marr Chase has been on the field for 81 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 18 of the offence's 68 third down targets, had 3 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 47 two minute targets.

His 73 targets have averaged 10.1 air yards.

In Week 7 against BAL he caught 5 of 7 targets for 62 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against TEN he caught 11 of 16 targets for 141 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against ATL he caught 10 of 12 targets for 155 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 9, Chris Olave has been on the field for 81 percent of NO snaps, drawn 28 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 21 of the offence's 75 third down targets, had 1 of its 25 chances inside the five and seen 13 of its 47 two minute targets.

His 83 targets have averaged 13.3 air yards.

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.

In Week 9 against CLE he caught 7 of 12 targets for 98 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Ja'Marr Chase played 16 games and scored 313.6 PPR points, 19.6 a game, finishing WR4.

He caught 125 of 185 targets for 1412 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 21 red zone targets.

That came to 11.6 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 11.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 94 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.

Both were available for 16 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Ja'Marr Chase scored 19.6 PPR points a game and Chris Olave 16.8, 2.8 a game between them.

Ja'Marr Chase finished WR4 that year and Chris Olave WR6.

Ja'Marr Chase had 29 more targets than Chris Olave, 185 to 156.

Ja'Marr Chase had 249 more receiving yards than Chris Olave, 1412 to 1163.

Their snap share this season is the same, 81 percent each.

This season Chris Olave holds the bigger target share, 28 percent against 25 percent.

Byes and availability

Ja'Marr Chase is off in Week 6 and Chris Olave in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Chris Olave has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.