Should I start Theo Johnson or Chig Okonkwo in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Theo Johnson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 189th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Chig Okonkwo: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 202nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Theo Johnson's market-based projection is 3.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 163rd highest figure of the 199 players with a market-based projection.

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.

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, Theo Johnson has been on the field for 36 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 10.8 air yards.

In Week 3 against TEN he was not given the ball.

In Week 4 against ARI he caught 1 of 1 target for 11 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against WAS he caught 2 of 3 targets for 35 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Theo Johnson played 15 games and scored 127.8 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing TE18.

He caught 45 of 74 targets for 528 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 4.9 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 87 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 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Theo Johnson scored 8.5 PPR points a game and Chig Okonkwo 7.3, 1.2 a game between them.

Theo Johnson finished TE18 that year and Chig Okonkwo TE21.

Chig Okonkwo had 5 more targets than Theo Johnson, 79 to 74.

Chig Okonkwo had 32 more receiving yards than Theo Johnson, 560 to 528.

This season Chig Okonkwo holds the bigger snap share, 61 percent against 36 percent.

This season Chig Okonkwo holds the bigger target share, 15 percent against 6 percent.

Byes and availability

Chig Okonkwo is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Theo Johnson.

Theo Johnson is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Chig Okonkwo is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.