Start George Kittle or Chig Okonkwo? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start George Kittle over Chig Okonkwo in Week 10.

Market-based projections have George Kittle at 15.7 points and Chig Okonkwo at 9.8, a gap of 5.9. Drafters take George Kittle at ADP 92 and Chig Okonkwo at 230.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 15.7 fantasy points for George Kittle, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for George Kittle is 63 receiving yards, 5-6 receptions and 0.7 touchdowns (8, 6 and 7 market sources).

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).

That puts George Kittle 5.9 points ahead of Chig Okonkwo on the market projections.

Week 10 matchups

George Kittle and SF visit DAL on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

DAL allowed 13.7 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 14th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 51 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against DAL.

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.

By points allowed to the position, George Kittle has the softer matchup.

Injury status

George Kittle is not on the injury report.

Chig Okonkwo is listed as questionable with a hip injury.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, George Kittle played 78 percent of SF snaps, drew 23 percent of the targets, earned 23 percent of the air yards and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

George Kittle, Week 5 against SEA: 55 of 60 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 24 yards.

George Kittle, Week 6 against WAS: 55 of 62 snaps, 8 targets and 5 catches for 69 yards, 1 touchdown.

George Kittle, Week 7 against ATL: 60 of 66 snaps, 10 targets and 8 catches for 88 yards.

George Kittle, Week 9 against LV: 57 of 73 snaps, 7 targets and 4 catches for 58 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, George Kittle played 11 games for SF and scored 161.5 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE13.

He caught 57 of 69 targets for 628 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets and 376 air yards.

He was on the field for 80 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Brock Bowers over George Kittle.
• Start George Kittle over Dalton Kincaid.
• Start George Kittle over Isaiah Likely.
• Start Chig Okonkwo over Brenton Strange.
• Start Brock Bowers over Chig Okonkwo.
• Start Dalton Kincaid over Chig Okonkwo.