Chig Okonkwo or Tyler Higbee: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Chig Okonkwo at 7.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 128th highest figure of the 217 players the market prices.

The player markets price Tyler Higbee at 7.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 129th highest figure of the 217 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Chig Okonkwo: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 128th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tyler Higbee: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 129th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

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.

Through Week 4, Tyler Higbee has been on the field for 49 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 1 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have averaged 7.9 air yards.

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

In Week 3 against DEN he caught 8 of 11 targets for 62 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against PHI he caught 5 of 6 targets for 67 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 Tyler Higbee played 10 games and scored 71.1 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing TE40.

He caught 25 of 36 targets for 281 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 3.6 targets a game, a 69 percent catch rate and 11.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 54 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Chig Okonkwo was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Chig Okonkwo scored 7.3 PPR points a game and Tyler Higbee 7.1, 0.2 a game between them.

Chig Okonkwo finished TE21 that year and Tyler Higbee TE40.

Chig Okonkwo had 43 more targets than Tyler Higbee, 79 to 36.

Chig Okonkwo had 279 more receiving yards than Tyler Higbee, 560 to 281.

This season Chig Okonkwo holds the bigger snap share, 57 percent against 49 percent.

This season Tyler Higbee holds the bigger target share, 12 percent against 11 percent.

Byes and availability

Chig Okonkwo is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

0.0 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 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.