Should I start Tyler Warren or Chig Okonkwo in Week 8?

The market-based projections

Tyler Warren's market-based projection is 10.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 83rd highest figure of the 214 players with a market-based projection.

Chig Okonkwo's market-based projection is 8.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 9 market sources. That is the 102nd highest figure of the 214 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Warren, and the board ranks him 68th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chig Okonkwo, and the board ranks him 100th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

Through Week 5, Tyler Warren has been on the field for 91 percent of IND snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 2 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 36 targets have averaged 4.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against HOU he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 9 of 10 targets for 55 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against WAS he caught 5 of 5 targets for 41 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against PIT he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 7 of 9 targets for 83 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Chig Okonkwo has been on the field for 65 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 6.8 air yards.

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.

In Week 6 against SF he caught 7 of 7 targets for 69 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Tyler Warren played 17 games and scored 188.5 PPR points, 11.1 a game, finishing TE4.

He caught 76 of 112 targets for 817 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 19 red zone targets.

That came to 6.6 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 10.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 84 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.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Tyler Warren scored 11.1 PPR points a game and Chig Okonkwo 7.3, 3.8 a game between them.

Tyler Warren finished TE4 that year and Chig Okonkwo TE21.

Tyler Warren had 33 more targets than Chig Okonkwo, 112 to 79.

Tyler Warren had 257 more receiving yards than Chig Okonkwo, 817 to 560.

This season Tyler Warren holds the bigger snap share, 91 percent against 65 percent.

This season Tyler Warren holds the bigger target share, 22 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Tyler Warren is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

1.8 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.