Should I start Chig Okonkwo or Mason Taylor in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Chig Okonkwo: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 209th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Mason Taylor: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 226th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Chig Okonkwo is 1.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 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.

The market-based projection for Mason Taylor is 0.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 12 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.

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

This season through Week 5

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 5, Mason Taylor has been on the field for 56 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 27 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 2.2 air yards.

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

In Week 2 against GB he was not given the ball.

In Week 5 against CLE he caught 3 of 3 targets for 24 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 Mason Taylor played 13 games and scored 88.9 PPR points, 6.8 a game, finishing TE32.

He caught 44 of 65 targets for 369 yards and 1 touchdown, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 5.0 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 8.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 81 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Chig Okonkwo was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Chig Okonkwo scored 7.3 PPR points a game and Mason Taylor 6.8, 0.5 a game between them.

Chig Okonkwo finished TE21 that year and Mason Taylor TE32.

Chig Okonkwo had 14 more targets than Mason Taylor, 79 to 65.

Chig Okonkwo had 191 more receiving yards than Mason Taylor, 560 to 369.

This season Chig Okonkwo holds the bigger snap share, 61 percent against 56 percent.

This season Chig Okonkwo holds the bigger target share, 15 percent against 7 percent.

Byes and availability

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