Start Chris Olave or Tee Higgins? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Chris Olave over Tee Higgins in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Chris Olave at 16.9 points and Tee Higgins at 13.1, a gap of 3.8.

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 13.1 fantasy points for Tee Higgins, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Tee Higgins at 55.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 40% chance to score a touchdown (17, 14 and 17 market sources).

That puts Chris Olave 3.8 points ahead of Tee Higgins 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.

Tee Higgins 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, Tee Higgins played 79 percent of CIN snaps, drew 25 percent of the targets, earned 46 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Tee Higgins, Week 1 against TB: 46 of 64 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 59 yards.

Tee Higgins, Week 2 against HOU: 43 of 60 snaps, 10 targets and 5 catches for 95 yards.

Tee Higgins, Week 3 against PIT: 53 of 57 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 90 yards, 1 touchdown.

Tee Higgins, Week 4 against JAX: 60 of 76 snaps, 16 targets and 11 catches for 157 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, Tee Higgins played 15 games for CIN and scored 211.6 PPR points, 14.1 a game, finishing WR15.

He caught 59 of 98 targets for 846 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets and 680 air yards.

He was on the field for 80 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

How Week 5 went

Chris Olave scored 8.6 PPR points and Tee Higgins scored 4.2.

The call was right: Chris Olave outscored Tee Higgins by 4.4.

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.

Tee Higgins finished 8.9 points below the 13.1 the market projected.

Tee Higgins, Week 5 against MIA: 4 targets and 2 catches for 22 yards, 4.2 PPR points.

Tee Higgins finished as the week's WR63 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 Amon-Ra St. Brown over Tee Higgins.
• Start Tee Higgins over Christian Watson.
• Start Davante Adams over Tee Higgins.