Should I start Chig Okonkwo or MarShawn Lloyd in Week 8?

The market-based projections

Chig Okonkwo's market-based projection is 8.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 9 market sources. That is the 102nd highest figure of the 214 players with a market-based projection.

MarShawn Lloyd's market-based projection is 5.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 126th highest figure of the 214 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on MarShawn Lloyd, and the board ranks him 101st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 48.

This season so far

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.

Through Week 7, MarShawn Lloyd has been on the field for 38 percent of GB snaps, taken 39 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 22 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 77 third down targets, had 3 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have come 0.7 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against CHI he carried 10 times for 31 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 6 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 6 against DAL he carried 8 times for 10 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against DET he carried 6 times for 20 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 10 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.

The season feed carries no line for MarShawn Lloyd in the last completed season.

Side by side

Chig Okonkwo is a tight end and MarShawn Lloyd 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 MarShawn Lloyd in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

3.2 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.