Start Matthew Golden or Chris Olave? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Chris Olave over Matthew Golden in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Chris Olave at 16.9 points and Matthew Golden at 12.4, a gap of 4.5.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 16.9 fantasy points for Chris Olave, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Chris Olave at 80.5 receiving yards and 6.5 receptions, with a 33% chance to score a touchdown (17, 13 and 18 market sources).

Player markets imply 12.4 fantasy points for Matthew Golden, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Matthew Golden at 57.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 30% chance to score a touchdown (17, 14 and 18 market sources).

That puts Chris Olave 4.5 points ahead of Matthew Golden 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.

Injury status

Chris Olave is not on the injury report.

Matthew Golden is not on the injury report.

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, Matthew Golden played 85 percent of GB snaps, drew 25 percent of the targets, earned 39 percent of the air yards and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

Matthew Golden, Week 1 against MIN: 56 of 68 snaps, 12 targets and 6 catches for 95 yards.

Matthew Golden, Week 2 against NYJ: 51 of 59 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 58 yards.

Matthew Golden, Week 3 against ATL: 54 of 66 snaps, 12 targets and 5 catches for 100 yards, 1 touchdown.

Matthew Golden, Week 4 against TB: 53 of 60 snaps, 1 carry for 6 yards, 7 targets and 3 catches for 21 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, Matthew Golden played 14 games for GB and scored 70.0 PPR points, 5.0 a game, finishing WR89.

He caught 29 of 44 targets for 361 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets and 260 air yards.

He was on the field for 50 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

How Week 5 went

Chris Olave scored 8.6 PPR points and Matthew Golden scored 20.3.

The call was wrong: Matthew Golden outscored Chris Olave by 11.7.

Chris Olave finished 8.3 points below the 16.9 the market projected.

Chris Olave, Week 5 against MIN: 41 of 45 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 46 yards, 8.6 PPR points.

Chris Olave finished as the week's WR42 in PPR scoring.

Matthew Golden finished 7.9 points above the 12.4 the market projected.

Matthew Golden, Week 5 against CHI: 47 of 61 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 123 yards, 20.3 PPR points.

Matthew Golden finished as the week's WR11 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Chris Olave.
• Start Chris Olave over Calvin Ridley.
• Start CeeDee Lamb over Chris Olave.
• Start Matthew Golden over Carnell Tate.
• Start Christian Watson over Matthew Golden.
• Start Davante Adams over Matthew Golden.