Start Malik Nabers or Chris Olave? Week 2

Our Week 2 call

Start Chris Olave over Malik Nabers in Week 2.

De-vigged player props project Chris Olave at 16.0 points and Malik Nabers at 15.0, a gap of 1.0. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Both numbers are scaled up from a partial market: the books have not posted every stat the position needs, so the rest is estimated from what they have. Drafters take Chris Olave at ADP 11 and Malik Nabers at 16.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 16.0 fantasy points for Chris Olave, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

Player prop markets imply 15.0 fantasy points for Malik Nabers, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

That puts Chris Olave 1.0 points ahead of Malik Nabers on the books.

Week 2 matchups

Chris Olave and NO visit BAL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

BAL allowed 25.0 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 12th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 130 yards and no touchdowns against BAL.

Malik Nabers and NYG visit LAR on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

LAR allowed 47.9 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 4th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 147 yards and 3 touchdowns against LAR.

By points allowed to the position, Malik Nabers has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Chris Olave is listed as questionable with a hamstring injury.

Malik Nabers is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 2

Through Week 1, Chris Olave played 86 percent of NO snaps, drew 25 percent of the targets, earned 49 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

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

Through Week 1, Malik Nabers played 52 percent of NYG snaps, drew 31 percent of the targets, earned 42 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Malik Nabers, Week 1 against DAL: 36 of 69 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 69 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.

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.

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 2 calls

• Start Chris Olave over A.J. Brown.
• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Chris Olave.
• Start Chris Olave over DeVonta Smith.
• Start DeVonta Smith over Malik Nabers.
• Start Malik Nabers over DJ Moore.
• Start Malik Nabers over Emeka Egbuka.