Start Chris Olave or Malik Nabers? Week 5
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Chris Olave over Malik Nabers
- 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
- Market projects
- 13.2
- fantasy pts
- WAS D vs WR
- 40.3
- 4th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 70%
- Through Week 4
- Target share
- 23%
- Through Week 4
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Our Week 5 call
Start Chris Olave over Malik Nabers in Week 5.
Market-based projections have Chris Olave at 17.1 points and Malik Nabers at 13.2, a gap of 3.9. Drafters take Chris Olave at ADP 10 and Malik Nabers at 13.
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What the market projects
Player markets imply 17.1 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 35% chance to score a touchdown (15, 13 and 14 market sources).
Player markets imply 13.2 fantasy points for Malik Nabers, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market has Malik Nabers at 55.5 receiving yards and 5.5 receptions, with a 32% chance to score a touchdown (13, 10 and 14 market sources).
That puts Chris Olave 3.9 points ahead of Malik Nabers 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.
Malik Nabers and NYG visit WAS on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
WAS allowed 40.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 4 games, the 4th most in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 167 yards and 1.5 touchdowns a game against WAS.
By points allowed to the position, Malik Nabers has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Chris Olave is listed as questionable with a foot injury.
Malik Nabers is listed as questionable with a undisclosed 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 4, Malik Nabers played 70 percent of NYG snaps, drew 23 percent of the targets, earned 28 percent of the air yards and had 10 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.
Malik Nabers, Week 3 against TEN: 50 of 64 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 26 yards.
Malik Nabers, Week 4 against ARI: 51 of 67 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 112 yards, 1 touchdown.
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, 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 5 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
WR5 · NO · bye 8
2026 vs anytime td line 1-3
- Overall rank
- 11
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 5
Ranked behind
WR14 · NYG · bye 8
2026 vs anytime td line 1-3
- Overall rank
- 32
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 11
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 board21
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 5 and tier 11
- Board size258 draftable players
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