Should I start Geno Smith or Chig Okonkwo in Week 8?

Updated Oct 29, 1:26 AM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.

Start Geno Smith: 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Chig Okonkwo's 68 percent of the snaps and 18 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Chig Okonkwo for Geno Smith?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Geno Smith projects 138 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (15.3 a game over 9 games), Chig Okonkwo 77 (7.7 a game over 10 games).

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

Geno Smith

QB16 · NYJ · bye 13

2026 vs pass yds line 5-2

Overall rank: 99

Chig Okonkwo

TE15 · WAS · bye 7

2025 vs rec yds line 7-5

Market-based projection: 8.1 pts a game

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Geno Smith, and the board ranks him 99th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chig Okonkwo, and the board ranks him 100th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Geno Smith is 16.7 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 12 market sources. That is 90 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Chig Okonkwo's market-based projection is 8.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 9 market sources. That is the 102nd highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 7, Geno Smith has been on the field for 100 percent of NYJ snaps, dropped back 237 times and thrown 6.8 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 43 of 237 dropbacks and scrambled 10 times.

In Week 5 against CLE he completed 17 of 30 passes for 182 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 9 yards.

In Week 6 against NE he completed 20 of 30 passes for 252 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 0 yards.

In Week 7 against MIA he completed 23 of 30 passes for 287 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 1 yards.

Through Week 6, Chig Okonkwo has been on the field for 65 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 6.8 air yards.

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.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Geno Smith played 15 games and scored 190.9 PPR points, 12.7 a game, finishing QB23.

He threw for 3025 yards on 448 attempts with 19 touchdowns and 17 interceptions, and ran for 109 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 29.9 attempts a game at 6.8 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 97 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 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Geno Smith scored 12.7 PPR points a game and Chig Okonkwo 7.3, 5.4 a game between them.

Geno Smith finished QB23 and Chig Okonkwo TE21, which are two different ladders.

Geno Smith 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

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

What would change the answer

Geno Smith has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Chig Okonkwo for Geno Smith?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Geno Smith projects 138 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (15.3 a game over 9 games), Chig Okonkwo 77 (7.7 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Geno Smith for Chig Okonkwo?
No. Keep Geno Smith: he projects 138 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (15.3 a game over 9 games), Chig Okonkwo 77 (7.7 a game over 10 games).

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