Should I start Colston Loveland or Chig Okonkwo in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Colston Loveland, and the board ranks him 31st overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 20; 2QB: ADP 42.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chig Okonkwo, and the board ranks him 152nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Colston Loveland, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

The market-based projection for Chig Okonkwo is 1.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

This season so far

Through Week 7, Colston Loveland has been on the field for 86 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 60 third down targets, had 2 of its 32 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 42 targets have averaged 6.9 air yards.

In Week 5 against GB he caught 2 of 5 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against ATL he caught 6 of 7 targets for 65 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against NE he caught 7 of 12 targets for 69 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, Chig Okonkwo has been on the field for 65 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 7.9 air yards.

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

In Week 6 against SF he caught 7 of 7 targets for 69 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against PHI he caught 2 of 4 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Colston Loveland played 16 games and scored 165.1 PPR points, 10.3 a game, finishing TE12.

He caught 58 of 82 targets for 713 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 5.1 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 12.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 63 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Chig Okonkwo was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Colston Loveland scored 10.3 PPR points a game and Chig Okonkwo 7.3, 3.0 a game between them.

Colston Loveland finished TE12 that year and Chig Okonkwo TE21.

Colston Loveland had 3 more targets than Chig Okonkwo, 82 to 79.

Colston Loveland had 153 more receiving yards than Chig Okonkwo, 713 to 560.

This season Colston Loveland holds the bigger snap share, 86 percent against 65 percent.

This season Colston Loveland holds the bigger target share, 19 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

Colston Loveland is off in Week 10 and Chig Okonkwo in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.