Chris Olave or Luther Burden III: who should I start in Week 6?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Chris Olave at 17.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 7 market sources. That is the 11th highest figure of the 131 players the market prices.

The player markets price Luther Burden III at 10.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 6 market sources. That is the 39th highest figure of the 131 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Chris Olave: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 9th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 9.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Luther Burden III: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 24th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 39.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Chris Olave has been on the field for 86 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.

Through Week 5, Luther Burden III has been on the field for 64 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 2 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 35 targets have averaged 9.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against PHI he carried 1 time for 7 yards, caught 7 of 11 targets for 61 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against NYJ he carried 1 time for 11 yards, caught 4 of 6 targets for 63 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against GB he carried 4 times for 2 yards, caught 4 of 6 targets for 47 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 Luther Burden III played 15 games and scored 127.9 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing WR48.

He caught 47 of 60 targets for 652 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 4.0 targets a game, a 78 percent catch rate and 13.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Chris Olave was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Chris Olave scored 16.8 PPR points a game and Luther Burden III 8.5, 8.3 a game between them.

Chris Olave finished WR6 that year and Luther Burden III WR48.

Chris Olave had 96 more targets than Luther Burden III, 156 to 60.

Chris Olave had 511 more receiving yards than Luther Burden III, 1163 to 652.

This season Chris Olave holds the bigger snap share, 86 percent against 64 percent.

This season Chris Olave holds the bigger target share, 28 percent against 22 percent.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

6.9 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 the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.