Should I start Chris Olave or Keenan Allen in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chris Olave, and the board ranks him 156th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 9.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Keenan Allen, and the board ranks him 160th 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 Keenan Allen is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 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, Keenan Allen has been on the field for 59 percent of IND snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 54 third down targets, had 1 of its 18 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 50 targets have averaged 7.3 air yards.

In Week 6 against TEN he caught 8 of 11 targets for 82 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against MIN he caught 3 of 3 targets for 31 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against JAX he caught 7 of 7 targets for 67 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 Keenan Allen played 17 games and scored 182.7 PPR points, 10.7 a game, finishing WR29.

He caught 81 of 122 targets for 777 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 7.2 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 9.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 55 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Keenan Allen was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Chris Olave scored 16.8 PPR points a game and Keenan Allen 10.7, 6.1 a game between them.

Chris Olave finished WR6 that year and Keenan Allen WR29.

Chris Olave had 34 more targets than Keenan Allen, 156 to 122.

Chris Olave had 386 more receiving yards than Keenan Allen, 1163 to 777.

This season Chris Olave holds the bigger snap share, 81 percent against 59 percent.

This season Chris Olave holds the bigger target share, 27 percent against 22 percent.

Byes and availability

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