Should I start Harold Fannin Jr. or Chig Okonkwo in Week 8?

The market-based projections

Harold Fannin Jr.'s market-based projection is 8.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 9 market sources. That is the 99th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Chig Okonkwo's market-based projection is 8.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 102nd highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chig Okonkwo, and the board ranks him 106th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

Through Week 7, Harold Fannin Jr. has been on the field for 83 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 9 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 2 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 4.2 air yards.

In Week 7 against TEN he caught 6 of 9 targets for 91 yards and did not score.

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 Harold Fannin Jr. played 16 games and scored 186.4 PPR points, 11.7 a game, finishing TE6.

He caught 72 of 107 targets for 731 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets.

That came to 6.7 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 10.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 76 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 Harold Fannin Jr. scored 11.7 PPR points a game and Chig Okonkwo 7.3, 4.4 a game between them.

Harold Fannin Jr. finished TE6 that year and Chig Okonkwo TE21.

Harold Fannin Jr. had 28 more targets than Chig Okonkwo, 107 to 79.

Harold Fannin Jr. had 171 more receiving yards than Chig Okonkwo, 731 to 560.

This season Harold Fannin Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 83 percent against 65 percent.

This season Harold Fannin Jr. holds the bigger target share, 26 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

Harold Fannin Jr. is off in Week 11 and Chig Okonkwo in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.4 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.