Should I start Ryan Flournoy or Chris Olave in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ryan Flournoy, and the board ranks him 64th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chris Olave, and the board ranks him 145th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 9.

The market-based projections

Ryan Flournoy's market-based projection is 9.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 5 market sources. That is the 83rd highest figure of the 220 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Chris Olave is 2.8 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 8, Ryan Flournoy has been on the field for 74 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 69 third down targets, had 1 of its 31 chances inside the five and seen 12 of its 50 two minute targets.

His 44 targets have averaged 7.1 air yards.

In Week 6 against GB he caught 7 of 9 targets for 40 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against PHI he caught 4 of 4 targets for 70 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against ARI he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 38 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Ryan Flournoy played 16 games and scored 114.0 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing WR57.

He caught 40 of 56 targets for 475 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3-4 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

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.

Both were available for 16 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Chris Olave scored 16.8 PPR points a game and Ryan Flournoy 7.1, 9.7 a game between them.

Ryan Flournoy finished WR57 that year and Chris Olave WR6.

Chris Olave had 100 more targets than Ryan Flournoy, 156 to 56.

Chris Olave had 688 more receiving yards than Ryan Flournoy, 1163 to 475.

This season Chris Olave holds the bigger snap share, 81 percent against 74 percent.

This season Chris Olave holds the bigger target share, 27 percent against 15 percent.

Byes and availability

Ryan Flournoy is off in Week 14 and Chris Olave in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Chris Olave has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.