Start Ja'Marr Chase or Chris Olave? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Ja'Marr Chase over Chris Olave in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Ja'Marr Chase at 22.0 points and Chris Olave at 15.5, a gap of 6.5. No player market is posted for Chris Olave this week yet, so his 15.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 9 (15.4 and 15.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Ja'Marr Chase at ADP 4 and Chris Olave at 25.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 22.0 fantasy points for Ja'Marr Chase, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Ja'Marr Chase is 92 receiving yards, 8-9 receptions and 0.7 touchdowns (10, 8 and 11 market sources).

No Week 10 player market is posted for Chris Olave yet. His market-based projections were 15.4 and 15.7 points in Weeks 7 and 9, an average of 15.5, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

The market-based projection for Chris Olave is 0-1 touchdowns (8 market sources).

That puts Ja'Marr Chase 6.5 points ahead of Chris Olave on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Ja'Marr Chase and CIN host PIT on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

PIT allowed 28.7 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 11th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 139 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against PIT.

Chris Olave and NO host CAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CAR allowed 29.8 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 13th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 144 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against CAR.

By points allowed to the position, Chris Olave has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Ja'Marr Chase is not on the injury report.

Chris Olave is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Ja'Marr Chase played 81 percent of CIN snaps, drew 25 percent of the targets, earned 33 percent of the air yards and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

Ja'Marr Chase, Week 5 against MIA: 58 of 65 snaps, 10 targets and 6 catches for 77 yards, 1 touchdown.

Ja'Marr Chase, Week 7 against BAL: 46 of 53 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 62 yards, 1 touchdown.

Ja'Marr Chase, Week 8 against TEN: 71 of 74 snaps, 16 targets and 11 catches for 141 yards, 1 touchdown.

Ja'Marr Chase, Week 9 against ATL: 48 of 57 snaps, 12 targets and 10 catches for 155 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 9, Chris Olave played 81 percent of NO snaps, drew 28 percent of the targets, earned 47 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

Chris Olave, Week 5 against MIN: 41 of 45 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 46 yards.

Chris Olave, Week 6 against NYG: 42 of 72 snaps, 7 targets and 4 catches for 43 yards, 1 touchdown.

Chris Olave, Week 7 against PIT: 44 of 57 snaps, 10 targets and 6 catches for 56 yards.

Chris Olave, Week 9 against CLE: 64 of 75 snaps, 12 targets and 7 catches for 98 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Ja'Marr Chase played 16 games for CIN 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 and 772 air yards.

He was on the field for 94 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Chris Olave played 16 games for NO 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 and 874 air yards.

He was on the field for 84 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Ja'Marr Chase over Amon-Ra St. Brown.
• Start Ja'Marr Chase over CeeDee Lamb.
• Start Ja'Marr Chase over Christian Watson.
• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Chris Olave.
• Start CeeDee Lamb over Chris Olave.
• Start Chris Olave over Christian Watson.