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Start Harold Fannin Jr. or Chig Okonkwo? Week 9

Updated Nov 3, 6:41 AM ET.

Start Harold Fannin Jr. over Chig Okonkwo

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Harold Fannin Jr.

TE · CLE · at NO

Market projects
9.0
recent weeks avg
NO D vs TE
17.0
6th most to TEs (2026)
Snap share
83%
Through Week 8
Target share
28%
Through Week 8
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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

Should I drop Chig Okonkwo for Harold Fannin Jr.?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Harold Fannin Jr. projects 74 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (9.2 a game over 8 games), Chig Okonkwo 69 (7.7 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Harold Fannin Jr. over Chig Okonkwo.

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Our Week 9 call

Start Harold Fannin Jr. over Chig Okonkwo in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Harold Fannin Jr. at 9.0 points and Chig Okonkwo at 7.5, a gap of 1.5. No player market is posted for Harold Fannin Jr. this week yet, so his 9.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (10.0, 8.3 and 8.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. 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. Drafters take Harold Fannin Jr. at ADP 73 and Chig Okonkwo at 230.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for Harold Fannin Jr. yet. His market-based projections were 10.0, 8.3 and 8.5 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 9.0, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

The market-based projection for Harold Fannin Jr. is 0.4 touchdowns (5 market sources).

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.

That puts Harold Fannin Jr. 1.5 points ahead of Chig Okonkwo on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Harold Fannin Jr. and CLE visit NO on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NO allowed 17.0 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 6th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 68 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against NO.

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.

By points allowed to the position, Harold Fannin Jr. has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Harold Fannin Jr. is not on the injury report.

Chig Okonkwo is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Harold Fannin Jr. played 83 percent of CLE snaps, drew 28 percent of the targets, earned 24 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Harold Fannin Jr., Week 7 against TEN: 58 of 70 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 91 yards.

Harold Fannin Jr., Week 8 against PIT: 12 targets and 10 catches for 154 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Harold Fannin Jr. played 16 games for CLE and scored 186.4 PPR points, 11.7 a game, finishing TE6.

He caught 72 of 107 targets for 731 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets and 379 air yards.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Harold Fannin Jr., Week 17 of 2025 against PIT: 12 of 52 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 30 yards, 1 touchdown, 11.0 PPR points.

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 9 calls

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Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Chig Okonkwo for Harold Fannin Jr.?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Harold Fannin Jr. projects 74 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (9.2 a game over 8 games), Chig Okonkwo 69 (7.7 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Harold Fannin Jr. over Chig Okonkwo.

  • Should I drop Harold Fannin Jr. for Chig Okonkwo?

    No. Keep Harold Fannin Jr.: he projects 74 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (9.2 a game over 8 games), Chig Okonkwo 69 (7.7 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Harold Fannin Jr. over Chig Okonkwo.

Week 9 on the board

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