Chris Olave vs Tetairoa McMillan: Who Should You Start?
Chris Olave and Tetairoa McMillan are both viable fantasy wide receivers heading into 2026, but their 2025 production tells two different stories. Chris Olave averaged 13.7 PPG across 16 games with the New Orleans Saints, while Tetairoa McMillan posted 10.4 PPG in 17 appearances for the Carolina Panthers.
A 3.3-PPG gap gives Chris Olave the edge on paper, but paper does not account for Thursday night matchups, weather games, or a star defender returning from injury. The real question is not who was better in 2025, but who is the better start this specific week.
Target volume is the story here. Chris Olave saw 156 targets in 2025, while Tetairoa McMillan drew 122. That workload gap usually translates into a higher weekly floor for Chris Olave, even in weeks where Tetairoa McMillan posts the bigger ceiling game. Consistency-minded managers lean toward target share; boom-bust managers chase the upside.
Chris Olave has his bye in Week 12, and Tetairoa McMillan rests in Week 11. Managers rostering both need waiver wire depth at wide receiver for those two weeks, and that is exactly the kind of planning DraftCall's matchup engine surfaces automatically so you are not scrambling on a Sunday morning.
