Start Chris Olave or Rashee Rice? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Rashee Rice over Chris Olave
Wrong: 9.9 to 28.2
- Books imply
- 12.6
- fantasy pts
- DEN D vs WR
- 14.7
- 3rd fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 83%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 8%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 9.9
- PPR pts
- DET D vs WR
- 55.6
- most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 86%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 25%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 28.2
- PPR pts
Our Week 1 call
Start Rashee Rice over Chris Olave in Week 1.
Rashee Rice is priced by the books at 12.6 projected points. Chris Olave has no player market posted for this week, so his side of this call rests on consensus ADP and the news wire only. Drafters take Rashee Rice at ADP 17 and Chris Olave at 20.
What the books imply
Player prop markets imply 12.6 fantasy points for Rashee Rice, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
No sportsbook posted a player market for Chris Olave in Week 1.
Week 1 matchups
Rashee Rice and KC host DEN on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.
DEN allowed 14.7 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 3rd fewest in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 37 yards and a touchdown against DEN.
Chris Olave and NO visit DET.
DET allowed 55.6 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the most in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 293 yards and a touchdown against DET.
By points allowed to the position, Chris Olave has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Rashee Rice was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Chris Olave was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Rashee Rice played 8 games for KC and scored 150.1 PPR points, 18.8 a game, finishing WR40.
He caught 53 of 78 targets for 571 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 18 red zone targets and 157 air yards.
He was on the field for 73 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Rashee Rice, Week 15 of 2025 against LAC: 52 of 61 snaps, 11 targets and 7 catches for 51 yards, 12.1 PPR points.
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.
Chris Olave, Week 15 of 2025 against CAR: 58 of 69 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 85 yards, 1 touchdown, 20.5 PPR points.
How Week 1 went
Rashee Rice scored 9.9 PPR points and Chris Olave scored 28.2.
The call was wrong: Chris Olave outscored Rashee Rice by 18.3.
Rashee Rice finished 2.7 points below the 12.6 the props implied.
Rashee Rice, Week 1 against DEN: 57 of 69 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 19 yards, 1 touchdown, 9.9 PPR points.
Rashee Rice finished as the week's WR36 in PPR scoring.
Chris Olave, Week 1 against DET: 77 of 90 snaps, 13 targets and 10 catches for 182 yards, 28.2 PPR points.
Chris Olave finished as the week's WR5 in PPR scoring.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
WR17 · NO · bye 8
2025 vs rec yds line 9-7
- Overall rank
- 80
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 5
Ranked behind
WR43 · KC · bye 5
2025 vs rec yds line 2-6
- Overall rank
- 118
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 6
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 1, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board38
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 5 and tier 6
- Board size244 draftable players
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