Start Malik Nabers or Chris Olave? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Chris Olave over Malik Nabers
- DET D vs WR
- 55.6
- most to WRs (2026)
- DAL D vs WR
- 22.1
- 7th fewest to WRs (2026)
Our Week 1 call
Start Chris Olave over Malik Nabers in Week 1.
Neither player has a posted player market for this week, so this call is ADP and news based rather than priced against the betting market. Drafters take Chris Olave at ADP 20 and Malik Nabers at 26.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for Chris Olave in Week 1.
No sportsbook posted a player market for Malik Nabers in Week 1.
Week 1 matchups
Chris Olave and NO visit DET.
DET allowed 55.6 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the most in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 293 yards and a touchdown against DET.
Malik Nabers and NYG host DAL.
DAL allowed 22.1 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 7th fewest in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 121 yards and no touchdowns against DAL.
By points allowed to the position, Chris Olave has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Chris Olave was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Malik Nabers was listed as questionable when the call was made.
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.
Chris Olave, Week 17 of 2025 against TEN: 49 of 54 snaps, 11 targets and 8 catches for 119 yards, 1 touchdown, 25.9 PPR points.
Chris Olave, Week 16 of 2025 against NYJ: 61 of 78 snaps, 16 targets and 10 catches for 148 yards, 2 touchdowns, 36.8 PPR points.
Chris Olave, Week 15 of 2025 against CAR: 58 of 69 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 85 yards, 1 touchdown, 20.5 PPR points.
In 2025, Malik Nabers played 4 games for NYG and scored 57.1 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing WR101.
He caught 18 of 35 targets for 271 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets and 219 air yards.
He was on the field for 78 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
WR11 · NYG · bye 8
2025 vs rec yds line 1-3
- Overall rank
- 70
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 5
Ranked behind
WR17 · NO · bye 8
2025 vs rec yds line 9-7
- Overall rank
- 80
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 5
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 1, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board10
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tiersboth in tier 5
- Board size244 draftable players
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