Should I start George Kittle or Chig Okonkwo in Week 10?

The market-based projections

George Kittle's market-based projection is 16.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 7 market sources. That is the 15th highest figure of the 208 players with a market-based projection.

Chig Okonkwo's market-based projection is 9.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 29th highest figure of the 208 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on George Kittle, and the board ranks him 16th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, George Kittle has been on the field for 78 percent of SF snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 57 third down targets, had 1 of its 28 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 53 targets have averaged 8.2 air yards.

In Week 6 against WAS he caught 5 of 8 targets for 69 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against ATL he caught 8 of 10 targets for 88 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against LV he caught 4 of 7 targets for 58 yards and did not score.

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

In 2025 George Kittle played 11 games and scored 161.5 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE13.

He caught 57 of 69 targets for 628 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 6.3 targets a game, a 83 percent catch rate and 11.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 80 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 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 George Kittle scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Chig Okonkwo 7.3, 7.4 a game between them.

George Kittle finished TE13 that year and Chig Okonkwo TE21.

Chig Okonkwo had 10 more targets than George Kittle, 79 to 69.

George Kittle had 68 more receiving yards than Chig Okonkwo, 628 to 560.

This season George Kittle holds the bigger snap share, 78 percent against 68 percent.

This season George Kittle holds the bigger target share, 23 percent against 17 percent.

Byes and availability

George Kittle is off in Week 8 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

6.2 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.