Start Chig Okonkwo or Dalton Kincaid? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Dalton Kincaid over Chig Okonkwo in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Dalton Kincaid at 9.7 points and Chig Okonkwo at 9.8, a gap of 0.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Dalton Kincaid still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 158 against 230, and that outweighs a gap this size. No player market is posted for Dalton Kincaid this week yet, so his 9.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 8 and 9 (10.2 and 9.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

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).

No Week 10 player market is posted for Dalton Kincaid yet. His market-based projections were 10.2 and 9.2 points in Weeks 8 and 9, an average of 9.7, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

The market-based projection for Dalton Kincaid is 0.4 touchdowns (6 market sources).

That puts Chig Okonkwo 0.1 points ahead of Dalton Kincaid on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

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.

Dalton Kincaid and BUF visit NYJ on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NYJ allowed 13.9 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 15th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 60 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against NYJ.

By points allowed to the position, Dalton Kincaid has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Chig Okonkwo is listed as questionable with a hip injury.

Dalton Kincaid is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

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.

Through Week 9, Dalton Kincaid played 66 percent of BUF snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 17 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Dalton Kincaid, Week 5 against LAR: 45 of 64 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Dalton Kincaid, Week 6 against LV: 49 of 68 snaps, 8 targets and 7 catches for 38 yards.

Dalton Kincaid, Week 8 against BAL: 47 of 82 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 86 yards, 1 touchdown.

Dalton Kincaid, Week 9 against MIN: 3 targets and 3 catches for 28 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, Dalton Kincaid played 12 games for BUF and scored 126.1 PPR points, 10.5 a game, finishing TE20.

He caught 39 of 49 targets for 571 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets and 312 air yards.

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

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Chig Okonkwo over Brenton Strange.
• Start Brock Bowers over Chig Okonkwo.
• Start Chig Okonkwo over Dalton Schultz.
• Start Dalton Kincaid over Brenton Strange.
• Start Brock Bowers over Dalton Kincaid.
• Start Dalton Kincaid over Dalton Schultz.