Start Chig Okonkwo or Brock Bowers? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Brock Bowers over Chig Okonkwo in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Brock Bowers at 16.9 points and Chig Okonkwo at 9.8, a gap of 7.1. No player market is posted for Brock Bowers this week yet, so his 16.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (17.2, 16.0 and 17.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Brock Bowers at ADP 49 and Chig Okonkwo at 230.

What the market projects

No Week 10 player market is posted for Brock Bowers yet. His market-based projections were 17.2, 16.0 and 17.6 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 16.9, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

The market-based projection for Brock Bowers is 0.6 touchdowns (7 market sources).

Player markets imply 9.8 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, 4-5 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (14, 11 and 13 market sources).

That puts Brock Bowers 7.1 points ahead of Chig Okonkwo on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Brock Bowers and LV host SEA on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

SEA allowed 10.2 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 5th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 38 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against SEA.

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, Chig Okonkwo has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Brock Bowers is not on the injury report.

Chig Okonkwo is listed as questionable with a hip injury.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Brock Bowers played 85 percent of LV snaps, drew 27 percent of the targets, earned 33 percent of the air yards and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

Brock Bowers, Week 6 against BUF: 65 of 66 snaps, 9 targets and 4 catches for 70 yards.

Brock Bowers, Week 7 against LAR: 57 of 68 snaps, 8 targets and 6 catches for 73 yards.

Brock Bowers, Week 8 against NYJ: 54 of 63 snaps, 10 targets and 7 catches for 92 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Brock Bowers, Week 9 against SF: 50 of 50 snaps, 1 carry for 2 yards, 8 targets and 7 catches for 111 yards, 1 touchdown.

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, Brock Bowers played 12 games for LV and scored 176.2 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE11.

He caught 64 of 86 targets for 680 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 16 red zone targets and 375 air yards.

He was on the field for 85 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 Brock Bowers over Dalton Kincaid.
• Start Brock Bowers over George Kittle.
• Start Brock Bowers over Isaiah Likely.
• Start Chig Okonkwo over Brenton Strange.
• Start Dalton Kincaid over Chig Okonkwo.
• Start Chig Okonkwo over Dalton Schultz.