Should I start Kyren Williams or Chris Olave in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kyren Williams, and the board ranks him 51st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chris Olave, and the board ranks him 71st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 9.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Kyren Williams is 5.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Chris Olave is 2.7 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.

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

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Kyren Williams has been on the field for 68 percent of LAR snaps, taken 54 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 34 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 76 third down targets, had 9 of its 23 chances inside the five and seen 11 of its 44 two minute targets.

His 46 targets have averaged 2.4 air yards.

In Week 7 against LV he carried 16 times for 99 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 22 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against LAC he carried 16 times for 56 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 3 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against WAS he carried 15 times for 45 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

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 Kyren Williams played 17 games and scored 263.3 PPR points, 15.5 a game, finishing RB9.

He carried 259 times for 1252 yards and 10 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 50 targets for 281 more yards.

That came to 15.2 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 2.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 68 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.

Kyren Williams was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Chris Olave scored 16.8 PPR points a game and Kyren Williams 15.5, 1.3 a game between them.

Kyren Williams finished RB9 and Chris Olave WR6, which are two different ladders.

Kyren Williams 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

Kyren Williams is off in Week 11 and Chris Olave in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.