Start Chris Olave or Justin Jefferson? Week 5
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Justin Jefferson over Chris Olave
- NO D vs WR
- 29.5
- 13th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 68%
- Through Week 3
- Target share
- 25%
- Through Week 3
- Market projects
- 17.1
- fantasy pts
- MIN D vs WR
- 30.1
- 14th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 85%
- Through Week 4
- Target share
- 28%
- Through Week 4
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Our Week 5 call
Start Justin Jefferson over Chris Olave in Week 5.
Chris Olave is projected from market data at 17.1 points and Justin Jefferson has too little of his market posted to price, so we are leaning on where drafters take them. Drafters take Justin Jefferson at ADP 4 and Chris Olave at 10.
What the market projects
Player markets imply 17.2 fantasy points for Chris Olave, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market has Chris Olave at 81.5 receiving yards and 6.5 receptions, with a 34% chance to score a touchdown (12, 9 and 15 market sources).
No player market was posted for Justin Jefferson in Week 5.
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.
Justin Jefferson and MIN visit NO on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
NO allowed 29.5 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 4 games, the 13th fewest in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 123 yards and 1.3 touchdowns a game against NO.
By points allowed to the position, Chris Olave has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Chris Olave is not on the injury report.
Justin Jefferson is listed as questionable with a ankle injury.
Usage before Week 5
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.
Through Week 3, Justin Jefferson played 68 percent of MIN snaps, drew 25 percent of the targets, earned 32 percent of the air yards and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.
Justin Jefferson, Week 1 against GB: 60 of 65 snaps, 9 targets and 8 catches for 92 yards, 2 touchdowns.
Justin Jefferson, Week 2 against CHI: 52 of 52 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 55 yards.
Justin Jefferson, Week 3 against TB: 7 of 59 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 32 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
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.
In 2025, Justin Jefferson played 17 games for MIN and scored 201.5 PPR points, 11.9 a game, finishing WR21.
He caught 84 of 141 targets for 1048 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets and 597 air yards.
He was on the field for 95 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 5 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
WR5 · NO · bye 8
2026 vs anytime td line 1-3
- Overall rank
- 12
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 5
Ranked behind
WR66 · MIN · bye 6
2025 vs rec yds line 6-11
- Overall rank
- 169
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 19
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 5, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board157
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 5 and tier 19
- Board size223 draftable players
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