Should I start Juwan Johnson or Chig Okonkwo in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Juwan Johnson, and the board ranks him 122nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chig Okonkwo, and the board ranks him 152nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Juwan Johnson is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Chig Okonkwo is 1.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 7, Juwan Johnson has been on the field for 66 percent of NO snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 68 third down targets, had 2 of its 23 chances inside the five and seen 11 of its 38 two minute targets.

His 37 targets have averaged 4.6 air yards.

In Week 5 against MIN he caught 4 of 5 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NYG he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against PIT he caught 1 of 3 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Chig Okonkwo has been on the field for 65 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 Juwan Johnson played 17 games and scored 179.9 PPR points, 10.6 a game, finishing TE8.

He caught 77 of 102 targets for 889 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 12 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.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Juwan Johnson scored 10.6 PPR points a game and Chig Okonkwo 7.3, 3.3 a game between them.

Juwan Johnson finished TE8 that year and Chig Okonkwo TE21.

Juwan Johnson had 23 more targets than Chig Okonkwo, 102 to 79.

Juwan Johnson had 329 more receiving yards than Chig Okonkwo, 889 to 560.

This season Juwan Johnson holds the bigger snap share, 66 percent against 65 percent.

This season Chig Okonkwo holds the bigger target share, 16 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Juwan Johnson is off in Week 8 and Chig Okonkwo in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.