Ja'Marr Chase vs Rome Odunze: Who Should You Start?
Two wide receivers who will land on plenty of the same rosters in 2026. Ja'Marr Chase (Cincinnati Bengals) finished the 2025 season averaging 15.7 fantasy points per game in 16 games. Rome Odunze (Chicago Bears) came in at 10.3 PPG over 12 games. The gap is real but not insurmountable with the right matchup.
Ja'Marr Chase carries a 5.4-point PPG advantage from the 2025 season. That baseline matters, but it is one input among several. Matchup difficulty, scoring trends, and injury reports move the needle week to week, which is why the best answer changes depending on when you are asking.
Target volume is the story here. Ja'Marr Chase saw 185 targets in 2025, while Rome Odunze drew 90. That workload gap usually translates into a higher weekly floor for Ja'Marr Chase, even in weeks where Rome Odunze posts the bigger ceiling game. Consistency-minded managers lean toward target share; boom-bust managers chase the upside.
Ja'Marr Chase has his bye in Week 12, and Rome Odunze rests in Week 7. 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.
