Start Chig Okonkwo or Brenton Strange? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Chig Okonkwo over Brenton Strange in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Chig Okonkwo at 8.9 points and Brenton Strange at 9.3, a gap of 0.5. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Chig Okonkwo still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 230 against 202, and that outweighs a gap this size. No player market is posted for Brenton Strange this week yet, so his 9.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 8 and 9 (10.0 and 8.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 10 player market is posted for Brenton Strange yet. His market-based projections were 10.0 and 8.7 points in Weeks 8 and 9, an average of 9.3, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

The market-based projection for Brenton Strange is 0.3 touchdowns (7 market sources).

Player markets imply 8.9 fantasy points for Chig Okonkwo, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Chig Okonkwo is 37 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (14, 11 and 13 market sources).

That puts Brenton Strange 0.5 points ahead of Chig Okonkwo on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Brenton Strange and JAX visit TEN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

TEN allowed 12.6 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 12th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 43 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against TEN.

Chig Okonkwo and WAS visit NYG on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

NYG allowed 12.2 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 11th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 45 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against NYG.

By points allowed to the position, Brenton Strange has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Brenton Strange is not on the injury report.

Chig Okonkwo is listed as questionable with a hip injury.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Brenton Strange played 76 percent of JAX snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 16 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Brenton Strange, Week 5 against PHI: 58 of 72 snaps, 8 targets and 7 catches for 68 yards.

Brenton Strange, Week 6 against HOU: 54 of 71 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 44 yards.

Brenton Strange, Week 8 against IND: 28 of 54 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 55 yards.

Brenton Strange, Week 9 against BAL: 44 of 56 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 22 yards.

Through Week 9, Chig Okonkwo played 68 percent of WAS snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 13 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Chig Okonkwo, Week 5 against NYG: 44 of 62 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 60 yards.

Chig Okonkwo, Week 6 against SF: 51 of 67 snaps, 7 targets and 7 catches for 69 yards.

Chig Okonkwo, Week 8 against PHI: 46 of 60 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 32 yards.

Chig Okonkwo, Week 9 against LAR: 46 of 62 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 56 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Brenton Strange played 12 games for JAX and scored 118.0 PPR points, 9.8 a game, finishing TE23.

He caught 46 of 60 targets for 540 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 293 air yards.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Chig Okonkwo played 17 games for TEN 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 and 218 air yards.

He was on the field for 62 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Dalton Kincaid over Brenton Strange.
• Start Brenton Strange over Dalton Schultz.
• Start Brenton Strange over Greg Dulcich.
• Start Dalton Kincaid over Chig Okonkwo.
• Start Chig Okonkwo over Dalton Schultz.
• Start Chig Okonkwo over Greg Dulcich.