Should I start T.J. Hockenson or Chig Okonkwo in Week 9?

The market-based projections

T.J. Hockenson's market-based projection is 10.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 64th highest figure of the 219 players with a market-based projection.

Chig Okonkwo's market-based projection is 8.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 91st highest figure of the 219 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on T.J. Hockenson, and the board ranks him 67th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chig Okonkwo, and the board ranks him 99th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, T.J. Hockenson has been on the field for 65 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 68 third down targets, had 1 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 37 targets have averaged 7.4 air yards.

In Week 5 against NO he caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against IND he caught 4 of 5 targets for 35 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against DET he caught 4 of 5 targets for 58 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, Chig Okonkwo has been on the field for 67 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 7.9 air yards.

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.

In Week 8 against PHI he caught 2 of 4 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 T.J. Hockenson played 15 games and scored 112.8 PPR points, 7.5 a game, finishing TE26.

He caught 51 of 66 targets for 438 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 4.4 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 8.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 79 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 T.J. Hockenson scored 7.5 PPR points a game and Chig Okonkwo 7.3, 0.2 a game between them.

T.J. Hockenson finished TE26 that year and Chig Okonkwo TE21.

Chig Okonkwo had 13 more targets than T.J. Hockenson, 79 to 66.

Chig Okonkwo had 122 more receiving yards than T.J. Hockenson, 560 to 438.

This season Chig Okonkwo holds the bigger snap share, 67 percent against 65 percent.

This season T.J. Hockenson holds the bigger target share, 20 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

T.J. Hockenson is off in Week 6 and Chig Okonkwo in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

3.0 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.