Should I start Chris Olave or Jonathan Taylor in Week 7?

The market-based projections

Chris Olave's market-based projection is 15.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 23rd highest figure of the 194 players with a market-based projection.

Jonathan Taylor's market-based projection is 15.7 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 24th highest figure of the 194 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 16th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 9.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jonathan Taylor, and the board ranks him 15th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 4.

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, Jonathan Taylor has been on the field for 81 percent of IND snaps, taken 74 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 49 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 13 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 23 targets have come 1.2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against WAS he carried 20 times for 95 yards, caught 1 of 4 targets for 2 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 5 against PIT he carried 15 times for 45 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against TEN he carried 21 times for 94 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 57 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 Jonathan Taylor played 17 games and scored 362.3 PPR points, 21.3 a game, finishing RB4.

He carried 323 times for 1585 yards and 18 touchdowns, and caught 46 of 55 targets for 378 more yards.

That came to 19.0 carries a game at 4.9 yards a carry and 2.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 84 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jonathan Taylor was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jonathan Taylor scored 21.3 PPR points a game and Chris Olave 16.8, 4.5 a game between them.

Chris Olave finished WR6 and Jonathan Taylor RB4, which are two different ladders.

Chris Olave is a wide receiver and Jonathan Taylor a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

0.1 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.