Start Chris Olave or Parker Washington? Week 5
Locked at kickoff. Graded after.
Start Chris Olave over Parker Washington
Wrong: 8.6 to 30.4
- Market projected
- 16.9
- pre-game
- MIN D vs WR
- 30.1
- 14th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 85%
- Through Week 4
- Target share
- 28%
- Through Week 4
- Scored
- 8.6
- PPR pts
- Market projected
- 13.5
- pre-game
- PHI D vs WR
- 37.0
- 10th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 76%
- Through Week 4
- Target share
- 26%
- Through Week 4
- Scored
- 30.4
- PPR pts
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Our Week 5 call
Start Chris Olave over Parker Washington in Week 5.
Market-based projections have Chris Olave at 16.9 points and Parker Washington at 13.5, a gap of 3.3. Drafters take Chris Olave at ADP 10 and Parker Washington at 19.
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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 32% chance to score a touchdown (17, 14 and 17 market sources).
Player markets imply 13.5 fantasy points for Parker Washington, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market has Parker Washington at 60.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 39% chance to score a touchdown (17, 14 and 17 market sources).
That puts Chris Olave 3.3 points ahead of Parker Washington 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.
Parker Washington and JAX host PHI on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.
PHI allowed 37.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 4 games, the 10th most in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 162 yards and a touchdown a game against PHI.
By points allowed to the position, Parker Washington has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Chris Olave is not on the injury report.
Parker Washington 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, Parker Washington played 76 percent of JAX snaps, drew 26 percent of the targets, earned 41 percent of the air yards and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.
Parker Washington, Week 1 against CLE: 35 of 57 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 83 yards, 1 touchdown.
Parker Washington, Week 2 against DEN: 48 of 59 snaps, 12 targets and 7 catches for 98 yards.
Parker Washington, Week 3 against NE: 50 of 62 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 40 yards, 1 touchdown.
Parker Washington, Week 4 against CIN: 49 of 61 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 3 targets and 1 catch for 7 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.
In 2025, Parker Washington played 16 games for JAX and scored 184.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR27.
He caught 58 of 95 targets for 847 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets and 582 air yards.
He was on the field for 61 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
How Week 5 went
Chris Olave scored 8.6 PPR points and Parker Washington scored 30.4.
The call was wrong: Parker Washington outscored Chris Olave by 21.8.
Chris Olave finished 8.3 points below the 16.9 the market projected.
Chris Olave, Week 5 against MIN: 6 targets and 4 catches for 46 yards, 8.6 PPR points.
Chris Olave finished as the week's WR35 in PPR scoring.
Parker Washington finished 16.9 points above the 13.5 the market projected.
Parker Washington, Week 5 against PHI: 9 targets and 6 catches for 124 yards, 2 touchdowns, 30.4 PPR points.
Parker Washington finished as the week's WR2 in PPR scoring.
Their other Week 5 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
WR9 · NO · bye 8
2026 vs anytime td line 1-4
- Overall rank
- 16
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 4
Ranked behind
WR15 · JAX · bye 7
2026 vs anytime td line 3-2
- Overall rank
- 30
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 7
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. This call locked at kickoff and was not edited after. It is on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board14
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 4 and tier 7
- Board size289 draftable players
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