Start Chris Olave or Malik Nabers? Week 3

Our Week 3 call

Start Chris Olave over Malik Nabers in Week 3.

De-vigged player props project Chris Olave at 17.2 points and Malik Nabers at 12.3, a gap of 5.0. Drafters take Chris Olave at ADP 10 and Malik Nabers at 13.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 17.2 fantasy points for Chris Olave, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

Player prop markets imply 12.3 fantasy points for Malik Nabers, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

That puts Chris Olave 5.0 points ahead of Malik Nabers on the books.

Week 3 matchups

Chris Olave and NO host LV on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

LV allowed 20.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 2 games, the 4th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 140 yards and no touchdowns a game against LV.

Malik Nabers and NYG host TEN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

TEN allowed 41.2 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 2 games, the 5th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 204 yards and a touchdown a game against TEN.

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

Injury status

Chris Olave is not on the injury report.

Malik Nabers is listed as questionable.

Usage before Week 3

Through Week 2, Chris Olave played 85 percent of NO snaps, drew 27 percent of the targets, earned 49 percent of the air yards and had 5 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.

Through Week 2, Malik Nabers played 62 percent of NYG snaps, drew 21 percent of the targets, earned 31 percent of the air yards and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

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

Malik Nabers, Week 2 against LAR: 43 of 58 snaps, 4 targets and 1 catch for 1 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.

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 3 calls

• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Chris Olave.
• Start CeeDee Lamb over Chris Olave.
• Start Davante Adams over Chris Olave.
• Start Dalton Kincaid over Malik Nabers.
• Start Dalton Schultz over Malik Nabers.
• Start DeVonta Smith over Malik Nabers.