Should I start Fernando Mendoza or Chig Okonkwo in Week 10?

The market-based projections

Fernando Mendoza's market-based projection is 11.8 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 27th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Chig Okonkwo's market-based projection is 8.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 40th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Fernando Mendoza, and the board ranks him 48th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chig Okonkwo, and the board ranks him 47th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

Through Week 5, Fernando Mendoza has been on the field for 17 percent of LV snaps, dropped back 9 times and thrown 5.9 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 1 of 9 dropbacks and scrambled 1 time.

In Week 5 against NE he completed 6 of 8 passes for 48 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 3 yards.

Through Week 9, Chig Okonkwo has been on the field for 68 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have averaged 7.3 air yards.

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.

In Week 9 against LAR he caught 6 of 7 targets for 56 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

Fernando Mendoza is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

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.

Side by side

Fernando Mendoza is a quarterback and Chig Okonkwo a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Fernando Mendoza is off in Week 13 and Chig Okonkwo in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Chig Okonkwo is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

3.0 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.