Who Should I Start? Travis Kelce or Chris Olave


Week 18 Projections

Fant. Pts. Rush. Yds. Rush TD Rec. Rec. Yds. Rec TD
9.0 0.0 0.0 4.5 35.5 0.2

Travis Kelce News

Travis Kelce To Evaluate Future In Offseason

Sunday, December 28, 1:33 PM

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce will use the offseason to evaluate whether to keep playing or to retire, according to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport. The future Hall of Famer has been non-committal about playing past 2025. At age 36, Kelce will have to weigh a possible return to the field, which could see the Chiefs begin next season without quarterback Patrick Mahomes (knee) as he rehabs from an ACL injury. While not at his former level, Kelce has still been rock-solid from a fantasy perspective with more than 100 targets, 73 catches, 839 yards, and five touchdowns through 16 games, which is good enough for third among PPR tight ends before Sunday's games.


Week 18 Projections

Fant. Pts. Rush. Yds. Rush TD Rec. Rec. Yds. Rec TD
32.1 0.0 0.0 13.3 139.5 0.8

Chris Olave News

Chris Olave Out Sick on Wednesday

Wednesday, December 31, 4:50 PM

New Orleans Saints wide receiver Chris Olave (illness) was sick on Wednesday and missed practice, according to Katherine Terrell of ESPN. Olave isn't feeling well this week, but he should be fine and ready to go by Sunday's Week 18 regular-season finale against the division-rival Atlanta Falcons. Even with a less-than-ideal situation at quarterback in New Orleans this year, Olave has been a must-start WR1 in fantasy football on a weekly basis. The 25-year-old pass-catcher is currently the WR6 in half-PPR scoring with 100 receptions on 156 targets for 1,163 yards and nine touchdowns in 16 games in 2025. He's on an impressive run of late, too, catching 24 of his 36 targets from rookie QB Tyler Shough for 352 yards and four touchdowns in the last three games. As long as Olave is active this weekend, he should be in all starting fantasy lineups against Atlanta in Week 18.


Travis Kelce vs. Chris Olave

Still trying to decide between Kelce and Olave? Check on the latest news to make sure both players are active and healthy. Our PPR projections show that Travis Kelce is projected to score 9.0 points this week while Chris Olave is projected to score 32.1 points.