Start Chig Okonkwo or Evan Engram? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Chig Okonkwo over Evan Engram in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Chig Okonkwo at 6.5 points and Evan Engram at 5.3, a gap of 1.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 6.5 fantasy points for Chig Okonkwo, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market has Chig Okonkwo at 25.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 20% chance to score a touchdown (16, 13 and 16 market sources).

Player markets imply 5.3 fantasy points for Evan Engram, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market has Evan Engram at 17.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 16% chance to score a touchdown (15, 17 and 17 market sources).

That puts Chig Okonkwo 1.2 points ahead of Evan Engram on the market projections.

Injury status

Chig Okonkwo is not on the injury report.

Evan Engram is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Chig Okonkwo played 57 percent of WAS snaps, drew 11 percent of the targets, earned 8 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.

Through Week 4, Evan Engram played 60 percent of DEN snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 8 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Evan Engram, Week 1 against KC: 32 of 51 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 43 yards, 1 touchdown.

Evan Engram, Week 2 against JAX: 32 of 62 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 17 yards.

Evan Engram, Week 3 against LAR: 40 of 67 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Evan Engram, Week 4 against SF: 44 of 65 snaps, 5 targets and 1 catch for 6 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.

Chig Okonkwo, Week 18 of 2025 against JAX: 5 targets and 2 catches for 2 yards, 2.2 PPR points.

In 2025, Evan Engram played 16 games for DEN and scored 102.8 PPR points, 6.4 a game, finishing TE29.

He caught 50 of 76 targets for 461 yards and 1 touchdown, with 10 red zone targets and 159 air yards.

He was on the field for 42 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Chig Okonkwo over AJ Barner.
• Start Brenton Strange over Chig Okonkwo.
• Start Cade Otton over Chig Okonkwo.
• Start AJ Barner over Evan Engram.
• Start Evan Engram over Colby Parkinson.
• Start Evan Engram over Cole Kmet.