Chris Olave or Trey McBride: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Chris Olave at 17.2 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 19th highest figure of the 176 players the books price.

The player markets price Trey McBride at 16.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 24th highest figure of the 176 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Chris Olave: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 13th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 9; 2QB: ADP 40.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Trey McBride: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 19th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 65.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Chris Olave has been on the field for 85 percent of NO snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 19 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 23 targets have averaged 14.7 air yards.

In Week 1 against DET he caught 10 of 13 targets for 182 yards and did not score.

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

Through Week 2, Trey McBride has been on the field for 83 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 37 percent of the targets and had 33 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 15 third down targets, had 2 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 23 targets have averaged 5.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against LAC he caught 9 of 13 targets for 95 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against SEA he caught 8 of 10 targets for 41 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Trey McBride played 17 games and scored 315.9 PPR points, 18.6 a game, finishing TE1.

He caught 126 of 169 targets for 1239 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 32 red zone targets.

That came to 9.9 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 9.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 91 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Trey McBride was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Trey McBride scored 18.6 PPR points a game and Chris Olave 16.8, 1.8 a game between them.

Chris Olave finished WR6 and Trey McBride TE1, which are two different ladders.

Chris Olave is a wide receiver and Trey McBride a tight end, 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 Trey McBride in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.6 points a game is the entire case. The books restate 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 books when it does.