Start Ja'Marr Chase or Chris Olave? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Ja'Marr Chase over Chris Olave in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Ja'Marr Chase at 18.4 points and Chris Olave at 16.8, a gap of 1.5.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 18.4 fantasy points for Ja'Marr Chase, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Ja'Marr Chase at 76.5 receiving yards and 6.5 receptions, with a 51% chance to score a touchdown (8, 7 and 15 market sources).

Player markets imply 16.8 fantasy points for Chris Olave, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Chris Olave at 80.5 receiving yards and 6.5 receptions, with a 32% chance to score a touchdown (17, 14 and 17 market sources).

That puts Ja'Marr Chase 1.5 points ahead of Chris Olave on the market projections.

Week 5 matchups

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

MIN allowed 30.1 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 4 games, the 14th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 148 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against MIN.

Injury status

Ja'Marr Chase is listed as questionable with a concussion injury.

Chris Olave is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Ja'Marr Chase played 72 percent of CIN snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 20 percent of the air yards and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

Ja'Marr Chase, Week 1 against TB: 60 of 64 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 12 yards.

Ja'Marr Chase, Week 2 against HOU: 53 of 60 snaps, 9 targets and 7 catches for 75 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Ja'Marr Chase, Week 3 against PIT: 57 of 57 snaps, 12 targets and 9 catches for 98 yards, 1 touchdown.

Ja'Marr Chase, Week 4 against JAX: 15 of 76 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 27 yards.

Through Week 4, Chris Olave played 85 percent of NO snaps, drew 28 percent of the targets, earned 44 percent of the air yards and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

Chris Olave, Week 1 against DET: 77 of 90 snaps, 13 targets and 10 catches for 182 yards.

Chris Olave, Week 2 against BAL: 57 of 68 snaps, 10 targets and 8 catches for 86 yards, 1 touchdown.

Chris Olave, Week 3 against LV: 62 of 74 snaps, 13 targets and 9 catches for 107 yards.

Chris Olave, Week 4 against ATL: 64 of 74 snaps, 12 targets and 8 catches for 116 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 5 calls

• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Ja'Marr Chase.
• Start Ja'Marr Chase over Davante Adams.
• Start Ja'Marr Chase over Drake London.
• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Chris Olave.
• Start Chris Olave over Calvin Ridley.
• Start CeeDee Lamb over Chris Olave.