Start Chig Okonkwo or Kenyon Sadiq? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Kenyon Sadiq over Chig Okonkwo in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Kenyon Sadiq at 6.5 points and Chig Okonkwo at 6.6, a gap of 0.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Kenyon Sadiq still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 204 against 230, and that outweighs a gap this size. No player market is posted for Kenyon Sadiq this week yet, so his 6.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (8.1, 5.8 and 5.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Chig Okonkwo this week yet, so his 6.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (6.6 and 6.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Chig Okonkwo yet. His market-based projections were 6.6 and 6.6 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 6.6, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

The market-based projection for Chig Okonkwo is 0.3 touchdowns (3 market sources).

No Week 8 player market is posted for Kenyon Sadiq yet. His market-based projections were 8.1, 5.8 and 5.6 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 6.5, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

That puts Chig Okonkwo 0.2 points ahead of Kenyon Sadiq on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Chig Okonkwo and WAS host PHI on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

PHI allowed 10.5 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 7th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 43 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against PHI.

Kenyon Sadiq and NYJ host LV on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

LV allowed 19.6 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 4th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 58 yards and 1.1 touchdowns a game against LV.

By points allowed to the position, Kenyon Sadiq has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Chig Okonkwo is not on the injury report.

Kenyon Sadiq is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 6, Chig Okonkwo played 65 percent of WAS snaps, drew 16 percent of the targets, earned 11 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.

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.

Through Week 7, Kenyon Sadiq played 40 percent of NYJ snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Kenyon Sadiq, Week 4 against CHI: 22 of 32 snaps, 4 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Kenyon Sadiq, Week 5 against CLE: 13 of 70 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 3 yards.

Kenyon Sadiq, Week 6 against NE: 22 of 62 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 12 yards.

Kenyon Sadiq, Week 7 against MIA: 22 of 59 snaps, 1 target 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.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start AJ Barner over Chig Okonkwo.
• Start Chig Okonkwo over Colby Parkinson.
• Start Chig Okonkwo over Darnell Washington.
• Start AJ Barner over Kenyon Sadiq.
• Start Kenyon Sadiq over Colby Parkinson.
• Start Kenyon Sadiq over Darnell Washington.