Start Chig Okonkwo or Kenyon Sadiq? Week 9
Updated Nov 3, 9:36 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 10 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Kenyon Sadiq over Chig Okonkwo
Sadiq projects lower, 5.2 to 7.5, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 204 for Sadiq, 230 for Okonkwo.
- Market projects
- 5.2
- recent weeks avg
- KC D vs TE
- 17.8
- 5th most to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 41%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 12%
- Through Week 8
- Market projects
- 7.5
- recent weeks avg
- LAR D vs TE
- 10.6
- 7th fewest to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 67%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 16%
- Through Week 8
Should I drop Kenyon Sadiq 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), Kenyon Sadiq 42 (5.3 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Kenyon Sadiq over Chig Okonkwo. So make the move after his Week 9 game.
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Our Week 9 call
Start Kenyon Sadiq over Chig Okonkwo in Week 9.
Market-based projections have Kenyon Sadiq at 5.2 points and Chig Okonkwo at 7.5, a gap of 2.3. 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 5.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (5.8, 5.6 and 4.3); 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.
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 Kenyon Sadiq yet. His market-based projections were 5.8, 5.6 and 4.3 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 5.2, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
That puts Chig Okonkwo 2.3 points ahead of Kenyon Sadiq on these projections.
Week 9 matchups
Chig Okonkwo and WAS host LAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
LAR allowed 10.6 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 7th fewest in the league.
Tight ends caught passes for 46 yards and 0.1 touchdowns a game against LAR.
Kenyon Sadiq and NYJ visit KC on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
KC allowed 17.8 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 5th most in the league.
Tight ends caught passes for 66 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against KC.
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 9
Through Week 8, Chig Okonkwo played 67 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: 46 of 60 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 32 yards.
Through Week 8, Kenyon Sadiq played 41 percent of NYJ snaps, drew 12 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.
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.
Kenyon Sadiq, Week 8 against LV: 31 of 64 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 22 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 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 Kenyon Sadiq 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), Kenyon Sadiq 42 (5.3 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Kenyon Sadiq over Chig Okonkwo. So make the move after his Week 9 game.
Should I drop Chig Okonkwo for Kenyon Sadiq?
No. Keep Chig Okonkwo: he projects 69 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (7.7 a game over 9 games), Kenyon Sadiq 42 (5.3 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Kenyon Sadiq over Chig Okonkwo.
Week 9 on the board
- Is Chig Okonkwo playing Week 9?
- Is Kenyon Sadiq playing Week 9?
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