Should I start Chig Okonkwo or Charlie Kolar in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Chig Okonkwo: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 214th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Charlie Kolar: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 223rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Chig Okonkwo is 1.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Charlie Kolar is 0.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Chig Okonkwo's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Chig Okonkwo has been on the field for 61 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 12 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 7.7 air yards.

In Week 1 against PHI he caught 2 of 3 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against IND he caught 2 of 4 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NYG he caught 4 of 6 targets for 60 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Charlie Kolar has been on the field for 65 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 23 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 6.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against ARI he was not given the ball.

In Week 2 against LV he caught 3 of 3 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DEN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Chig Okonkwo played 17 games and scored 124.0 PPR points, 7.3 a game, finishing TE21.

He caught 56 of 79 targets for 560 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 4.6 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 10.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 62 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Charlie Kolar played 17 games and scored 36.2 PPR points, 2.1 a game, finishing TE62.

He caught 10 of 15 targets for 142 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 0.9 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 14.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 40 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Chig Okonkwo scored 7.3 PPR points a game and Charlie Kolar 2.1, 5.2 a game between them.

Chig Okonkwo finished TE21 that year and Charlie Kolar TE62.

Chig Okonkwo had 64 more targets than Charlie Kolar, 79 to 15.

Chig Okonkwo had 418 more receiving yards than Charlie Kolar, 560 to 142.

This season Charlie Kolar holds the bigger snap share, 65 percent against 61 percent.

This season Chig Okonkwo holds the bigger target share, 15 percent against 9 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 7, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.