Chig Okonkwo or Darnell Washington: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Chig Okonkwo: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 135th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Darnell Washington: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 146th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

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

The player markets price Darnell Washington at 6.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 139th highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Chig Okonkwo has been on the field for 57 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 21 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 8.6 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.

Through Week 4, Darnell Washington has been on the field for 66 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 3 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 5.1 air yards.

In Week 2 against NE he caught 1 of 2 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CIN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 67 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CLE he caught 3 of 5 targets for 27 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Darnell Washington played 16 games and scored 73.4 PPR points, 4.6 a game, finishing TE39.

He caught 31 of 43 targets for 364 yards and 1 touchdown, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 2.7 targets a game, a 72 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Chig Okonkwo was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Chig Okonkwo scored 7.3 PPR points a game and Darnell Washington 4.6, 2.7 a game between them.

Chig Okonkwo finished TE21 that year and Darnell Washington TE39.

Chig Okonkwo had 36 more targets than Darnell Washington, 79 to 43.

Chig Okonkwo had 196 more receiving yards than Darnell Washington, 560 to 364.

This season Darnell Washington holds the bigger snap share, 66 percent against 57 percent.

This season Chig Okonkwo holds the bigger target share, 11 percent against 9 percent.

Byes and availability

Chig Okonkwo is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Chig Okonkwo has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.