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Start Chig Okonkwo or Evan Engram? Week 9

Updated Nov 3, 3:36 AM ET.

Start Chig Okonkwo over Evan Engram

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Chig Okonkwo

TE · WAS · vs LAR

Market projects
7.5
recent weeks avg
LAR D vs TE
10.2
5th fewest to TEs (2026)
Snap share
65%
Through Week 8
Target share
16%
Through Week 8
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Evan Engram

TE · DEN · at CAR

Market projects
6.0
recent weeks avg
CAR D vs TE
13.5
15th most to TEs (2026)
Snap share
54%
Through Week 8
Target share
11%
Through Week 8

Should I drop Evan Engram for Chig Okonkwo?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Chig Okonkwo projects 69 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (7.7 a game over 9 games), Evan Engram 45 (5.6 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Chig Okonkwo over Evan Engram.

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Our Week 9 call

Start Chig Okonkwo over Evan Engram in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Chig Okonkwo at 7.5 points and Evan Engram at 6.0, a gap of 1.5. No player market is posted for Chig Okonkwo this week yet, so his 7.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 8 (6.6 and 8.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Evan Engram this week yet, so his 6.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (5.8, 6.0 and 6.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for Chig Okonkwo yet. His market-based projections were 6.6 and 8.3 points in Weeks 6 and 8, an average of 7.5, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

No Week 9 player market is posted for Evan Engram yet. His market-based projections were 5.8, 6.0 and 6.2 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 6.0, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

That puts Chig Okonkwo 1.5 points ahead of Evan Engram on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Chig Okonkwo and WAS host LAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

LAR allowed 10.2 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 5th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 42 yards and 0.1 touchdowns a game against LAR.

Evan Engram and DEN visit CAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CAR allowed 13.5 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 15th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 46 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against CAR.

By points allowed to the position, Evan Engram has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Chig Okonkwo is not on the injury report.

Evan Engram is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Chig Okonkwo played 65 percent of WAS snaps, drew 16 percent of the targets, earned 13 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Chig Okonkwo, Week 6 against SF: 51 of 67 snaps, 7 targets and 7 catches for 69 yards.

Chig Okonkwo, Week 8 against PHI: 4 targets and 2 catches for 32 yards.

Through Week 8, Evan Engram played 54 percent of DEN snaps, drew 11 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Evan Engram, Week 5 against LAC: 30 of 62 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 55 yards.

Evan Engram, Week 6 against SEA: 31 of 60 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 13 yards.

Evan Engram, Week 7 against ARI: 24 of 61 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 2 yards.

Evan Engram, Week 8 against KC: 3 targets and 0 catches for 0 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, 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 9 calls

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 9, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Evan Engram for Chig Okonkwo?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Chig Okonkwo projects 69 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (7.7 a game over 9 games), Evan Engram 45 (5.6 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Chig Okonkwo over Evan Engram.

  • Should I drop Chig Okonkwo for Evan Engram?

    No. Keep Chig Okonkwo: he projects 69 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (7.7 a game over 9 games), Evan Engram 45 (5.6 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Chig Okonkwo over Evan Engram.

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