Start Chig Okonkwo or Charlie Kolar? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Charlie Kolar over Chig Okonkwo in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Charlie Kolar at 6.0 points and Chig Okonkwo at 7.2, a gap of 1.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Chig Okonkwo this week yet, so his 7.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (7.7 and 6.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 6 player market is posted for Chig Okonkwo yet. His market-based projections were 7.7 and 6.6 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 7.2, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market-based projection for Chig Okonkwo is 0.3 touchdowns (13 market sources).

Player markets imply 6.0 fantasy points for Charlie Kolar, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Charlie Kolar is 26 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (4, 4 and 13 market sources).

That puts Chig Okonkwo 1.2 points ahead of Charlie Kolar on these projections.

Week 6 matchups

Chig Okonkwo and WAS visit SF on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

SF allowed 8.2 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 4th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 36 yards and no touchdowns a game against SF.

Injury status

Chig Okonkwo is not on the injury report.

Charlie Kolar is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Chig Okonkwo played 61 percent of WAS snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Chig Okonkwo, Week 1 against PHI: 39 of 70 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 16 yards.

Chig Okonkwo, Week 4 against IND: 37 of 64 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 5 yards.

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

Through Week 5, Charlie Kolar played 65 percent of LAC snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 6 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Charlie Kolar, Week 1 against ARI: 30 of 55 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Charlie Kolar, Week 2 against LV: 42 of 68 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 21 yards.

Charlie Kolar, Week 5 against DEN: 51 of 67 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 37 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025, Charlie Kolar played 17 games for BAL and scored 36.2 PPR points, 2.1 a game, finishing TE62.

He caught 10 of 15 targets for 142 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets and 90 air yards.

He was on the field for 40 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Chig Okonkwo over AJ Barner.
• Start Brenton Strange over Chig Okonkwo.
• Start Cade Otton over Chig Okonkwo.
• Start Cade Otton over Charlie Kolar.
• Start Charlie Kolar over Darnell Washington.
• Start Darren Waller over Charlie Kolar.