Chris Olave or Tez Johnson: 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 12th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 9.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tez Johnson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 180th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Chris Olave at 17.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 17th highest figure of the 199 players the market prices.

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

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, Tez Johnson has been on the field for 33 percent of TB snaps, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 25.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against CLE he caught 1 of 4 targets for 49 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against MIN he caught 1 of 2 targets for 8 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against GB he carried 1 time for 10 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 17 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 Tez Johnson played 16 games and scored 92.4 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR67.

He caught 28 of 44 targets for 322 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 2.8 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 11.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 47 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 Tez Johnson 5.8, 11.0 a game between them.

Chris Olave finished WR6 that year and Tez Johnson WR67.

Chris Olave had 112 more targets than Tez Johnson, 156 to 44.

Chris Olave had 841 more receiving yards than Tez Johnson, 1163 to 322.

This season Chris Olave holds the bigger snap share, 85 percent against 33 percent.

This season Chris Olave holds the bigger target share, 28 percent against 7 percent.

Byes and availability

Chris Olave is off in Week 8. No bye is listed for Tez Johnson.

Chris Olave is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Tez Johnson has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.