Should I start Chig Okonkwo or Kendre Miller in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chig Okonkwo, and the board ranks him 138th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kendre Miller, and the board ranks him 140th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Chig Okonkwo's market-based projection is 6.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 9th highest figure of the 10 players with a market-based projection.

No season market is posted for Kendre Miller, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season so far

Through Week 5, Chig Okonkwo has been on the field for 61 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 12 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 7.7 air yards.

In Week 1 against PHI he caught 2 of 3 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

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.

Through Week 6, Kendre Miller has been on the field for 26 percent of NO snaps, taken 39 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 22 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 4 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 34 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have come 0.9 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against ATL he carried 6 times for 9 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against MIN he carried 10 times for 30 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against NYG he carried 20 times for 70 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Kendre Miller played 7 games and scored 33.3 PPR points, 4.8 a game, finishing RB79.

He carried 47 times for 193 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 5 of 5 targets for 30 more yards.

That came to 6.7 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 0.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 24 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Chig Okonkwo was available for 10 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Chig Okonkwo scored 7.3 PPR points a game and Kendre Miller 4.8, 2.5 a game between them.

Chig Okonkwo finished TE21 and Kendre Miller RB79, which are two different ladders.

Chig Okonkwo is a tight end and Kendre Miller a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

Kendre Miller has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.