Should I start Jordan Addison or Chig Okonkwo in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jordan Addison, and the board ranks him 146th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chig Okonkwo, and the board ranks him 147th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jordan Addison is 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Chig Okonkwo is 1.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 2 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Jordan Addison has been on the field for 91 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 0 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 33 targets have averaged 15.2 air yards.

In Week 4 against MIA he carried 1 time for -1 yards, caught 4 of 6 targets for 52 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against IND he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against DET he caught 3 of 8 targets for 66 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Chig Okonkwo has been on the field for 67 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 7.9 air yards.

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.

In Week 8 against PHI he caught 2 of 4 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jordan Addison played 14 games and scored 135.1 PPR points, 9.7 a game, finishing WR45.

He caught 42 of 79 targets for 610 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 5.6 targets a game, a 53 percent catch rate and 15 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 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 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jordan Addison scored 9.7 PPR points a game and Chig Okonkwo 7.3, 2.4 a game between them.

Jordan Addison finished WR45 and Chig Okonkwo TE21, which are two different ladders.

Jordan Addison is a wide receiver 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

Jordan Addison is off in Week 6 and Chig Okonkwo in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.