Should I start Chris Olave or TreVeyon Henderson in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chris Olave, and the board ranks him 131st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 9.

Live drafts hold no current pick on TreVeyon Henderson, and the board ranks him 132nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Chris Olave is 2.3 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.

The market-based projection for TreVeyon Henderson is 2.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 9 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.

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

This season through Week 7

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.

Through Week 7, TreVeyon Henderson has been on the field for 32 percent of NE snaps, taken 32 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 45 third down targets, had 0 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have come 0.9 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against LV he carried 4 times for 22 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NYJ he carried 7 times for 31 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CHI he carried 3 times for 9 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 14 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 TreVeyon Henderson played 17 games and scored 206.2 PPR points, 12.1 a game, finishing RB21.

He carried 180 times for 911 yards and 9 touchdowns, and caught 35 of 42 targets for 221 more yards.

That came to 10.6 carries a game at 5.1 yards a carry and 2.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 46 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

TreVeyon Henderson was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Chris Olave scored 16.8 PPR points a game and TreVeyon Henderson 12.1, 4.7 a game between them.

Chris Olave finished WR6 and TreVeyon Henderson RB21, which are two different ladders.

Chris Olave is a wide receiver and TreVeyon Henderson a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

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

TreVeyon Henderson is listed as out on the injury report.