Kyle Monangai or Chris Olave: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kyle Monangai: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 73rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Chris Olave: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 74th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 9.

What the player markets price

The market has Kyle Monangai at 3.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has Chris Olave at 3.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 4 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Kyle Monangai's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 4, Kyle Monangai has been on the field for 41 percent of CHI snaps, taken 39 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 6 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 0.8 air yards.

In Week 2 against MIN he carried 10 times for 47 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against PHI he carried 10 times for 31 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NYJ he carried 30 times for 146 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 4 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 5, Chris Olave has been on the field for 85 percent of NO snaps, drawn 28 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 48 third down targets, had 1 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 54 targets have averaged 13.5 air yards.

In Week 3 against LV he caught 9 of 13 targets for 107 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Kyle Monangai played 17 games and scored 146.7 PPR points, 8.6 a game, finishing RB30.

He carried 169 times for 783 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 18 of 30 targets for 164 more yards.

That came to 9.9 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 1.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 41 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.

Kyle Monangai was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

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

Kyle Monangai finished RB30 and Chris Olave WR6, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

Kyle Monangai is off in Week 10 and Chris Olave in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Kyle Monangai is listed as out on the injury report.