Start Chig Okonkwo or Dalton Schultz? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Chig Okonkwo over Dalton Schultz in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Chig Okonkwo at 8.9 points and Dalton Schultz at 8.5, a gap of 0.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Dalton Schultz this week yet, so his 8.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 9 (8.1 and 8.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Chig Okonkwo at ADP 230 and Dalton Schultz at 228.

What the market projects

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).

No Week 10 player market is posted for Dalton Schultz yet. His market-based projections were 8.1 and 8.9 points in Weeks 7 and 9, an average of 8.5, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

That puts Chig Okonkwo 0.3 points ahead of Dalton Schultz 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 Schultz and HOU visit CLE on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CLE allowed 14.8 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 9 games, the 10th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 58 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against CLE.

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

Injury status

Chig Okonkwo is listed as questionable with a hip injury.

Dalton Schultz 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 Schultz played 56 percent of HOU snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Dalton Schultz, Week 5 against TEN: 34 of 66 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 30 yards.

Dalton Schultz, Week 6 against JAX: 25 of 63 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 33 yards.

Dalton Schultz, Week 7 against NYG: 35 of 61 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 45 yards.

Dalton Schultz, Week 9 against LAC: 31 of 70 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 42 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 Schultz played 17 games for HOU and scored 177.7 PPR points, 10.5 a game, finishing TE10.

He caught 82 of 106 targets for 777 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets and 419 air yards.

He was on the field for 72 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

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