Michael Mayer or Chig Okonkwo: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Michael Mayer at 7.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 110th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

The player markets price Chig Okonkwo at 7.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 120th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Michael Mayer: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 122nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Chig Okonkwo: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 134th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Michael Mayer has been on the field for 85 percent of LV snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 1 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 4.8 air yards.

In Week 2 against LAC he caught 3 of 4 targets for 23 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against NO he caught 3 of 3 targets for 32 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against KC he caught 8 of 10 targets for 82 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Chig Okonkwo has been on the field for 57 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 21 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 8.6 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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Michael Mayer played 13 games and scored 73.8 PPR points, 5.7 a game, finishing TE38.

He caught 35 of 50 targets for 328 yards and 1 touchdown, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 3.8 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 9.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 57 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.

Chig Okonkwo was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Chig Okonkwo scored 7.3 PPR points a game and Michael Mayer 5.7, 1.6 a game between them.

Michael Mayer finished TE38 that year and Chig Okonkwo TE21.

Chig Okonkwo had 29 more targets than Michael Mayer, 79 to 50.

Chig Okonkwo had 232 more receiving yards than Michael Mayer, 560 to 328.

This season Michael Mayer holds the bigger snap share, 85 percent against 57 percent.

This season Michael Mayer holds the bigger target share, 18 percent against 11 percent.

Byes and availability

Chig Okonkwo is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

0.7 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 the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.