Chris Olave or Parker Washington: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Chris Olave: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 17th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 9.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Parker Washington: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 30th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 18.

What the player markets price

No season market is posted for Chris Olave, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for Parker Washington, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Chris Olave has been on the field for 85 percent of NO snaps, drawn 28 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 1 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 48 targets have averaged 13.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against BAL he caught 8 of 10 targets for 86 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

Through Week 4, Parker Washington has been on the field for 76 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 22 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 14.1 air yards.

In Week 2 against DEN he caught 7 of 12 targets for 98 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against NE he caught 3 of 5 targets for 40 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against CIN he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 7 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 Parker Washington played 16 games and scored 184.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR27.

He caught 58 of 95 targets for 847 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 5.9 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 14.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 61 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 16 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Chris Olave scored 16.8 PPR points a game and Parker Washington 11.5, 5.3 a game between them.

Chris Olave finished WR6 that year and Parker Washington WR27.

Chris Olave had 61 more targets than Parker Washington, 156 to 95.

Chris Olave had 316 more receiving yards than Parker Washington, 1163 to 847.

This season Chris Olave holds the bigger snap share, 85 percent against 76 percent.

This season Chris Olave holds the bigger target share, 28 percent against 26 percent.

Byes and availability

Chris Olave is off in Week 8 and Parker Washington in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.