Should I start Keenan Allen or Chig Okonkwo in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Keenan Allen, and the board ranks him 129th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chig Okonkwo, and the board ranks him 130th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Keenan Allen is 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. 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 1.8 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 7, Keenan Allen has been on the field for 60 percent of IND snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 1 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 43 targets have averaged 7.4 air yards.

In Week 5 against PIT he caught 5 of 9 targets for 45 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against TEN he caught 8 of 11 targets for 82 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against MIN he caught 3 of 3 targets for 31 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 Keenan Allen played 17 games and scored 182.7 PPR points, 10.7 a game, finishing WR29.

He caught 81 of 122 targets for 777 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 7.2 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 9.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 55 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.

Side by side

In 2025 Keenan Allen scored 10.7 PPR points a game and Chig Okonkwo 7.3, 3.5 a game between them.

Keenan Allen finished WR29 and Chig Okonkwo TE21, which are two different ladders.

Keenan Allen 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

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