Should I start Theo Wease or Ja'Marr Chase in Week 6?
Updated Oct 19, 11:41 PM ET. Week 7 answers post Tuesday.
Start Ja'Marr Chase: 66 percent of the snaps and 21 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Theo Wease's 64 percent of the snaps and 5 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
WR · LAC · bye 7
- Overall rank
- 262
WR · CIN · on bye this week
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- Market-based projection
- 18.4 pts a game Wk 5 price
- Overall rank
- 265
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The gap
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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Theo Wease, and the board ranks him 262nd overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Ja'Marr Chase, and the board ranks him 265th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 5.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Theo Wease, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for Ja'Marr Chase, 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 so far
Through Week 6, Theo Wease has been on the field for 64 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 2 of the offence's 19 third down targets and seen 2 of its 13 two minute targets.
His 4 targets have averaged 8.0 air yards.
In Week 5 against DEN he caught 1 of 1 target for 16 yards and did not score.
In Week 6 against KC he caught 2 of 3 targets for 21 yards and did not score.
Through Week 5, Ja'Marr Chase has been on the field for 75 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 9 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 2 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 33 two minute targets.
His 38 targets have averaged 9.2 air yards.
In Week 3 against PIT he caught 9 of 12 targets for 98 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 4 against JAX he caught 3 of 3 targets for 27 yards and did not score.
In Week 5 against MIA he caught 6 of 10 targets for 77 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Theo Wease played 3 games and scored 25.9 PPR points, 8.6 a game, finishing WR143.
He caught 6 of 10 targets for 139 yards and 1 touchdown, with 1 red zone target.
That came to 3.3 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 23.2 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 32 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
In 2025 Ja'Marr Chase played 16 games and scored 313.6 PPR points, 19.6 a game, finishing WR4.
He caught 125 of 185 targets for 1412 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 21 red zone targets.
That came to 11.6 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 11.3 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 94 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Ja'Marr Chase was available for 13 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Ja'Marr Chase scored 19.6 PPR points a game and Theo Wease 8.6, 11.0 a game between them.
Theo Wease finished WR143 that year and Ja'Marr Chase WR4.
Ja'Marr Chase had 175 more targets than Theo Wease, 185 to 10.
Ja'Marr Chase had 1273 more receiving yards than Theo Wease, 1412 to 139.
This season Ja'Marr Chase holds the bigger snap share, 75 percent against 64 percent.
This season Ja'Marr Chase holds the bigger target share, 20 percent against 7 percent.
Byes and availability
Theo Wease is off in Week 7 and Ja'Marr Chase in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.
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