Start Chig Okonkwo or Kyle Pitts Sr.? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Kyle Pitts Sr. over Chig Okonkwo in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Kyle Pitts Sr. at 9.4 points and Chig Okonkwo at 8.8, a gap of 0.6. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Kyle Pitts Sr. this week yet, so his 9.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (8.7, 8.6 and 10.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Kyle Pitts Sr. at ADP 84 and Chig Okonkwo at 230.

What the market projects

No Week 10 player market is posted for Kyle Pitts Sr. yet. His market-based projections were 8.7, 8.6 and 10.8 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 9.4, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

The market-based projection for Kyle Pitts Sr. is 0.3 touchdowns (8 market sources).

Player markets imply 8.8 fantasy points for Chig Okonkwo, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Chig Okonkwo is 36 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (14, 11 and 13 market sources).

That puts Kyle Pitts Sr. 0.6 points ahead of Chig Okonkwo on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Kyle Pitts Sr. and ATL host 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.

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, Kyle Pitts Sr. has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Kyle Pitts Sr. is not on the injury report.

Chig Okonkwo is listed as questionable with a hip injury.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Kyle Pitts Sr. played 59 percent of ATL snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 7 percent of the air yards and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

Kyle Pitts Sr., Week 7 against SF: 38 of 69 snaps, 5 targets and 5 catches for 22 yards, 1 touchdown.

Kyle Pitts Sr., Week 8 against TB: 29 of 53 snaps, 5 targets and 2 catches for 6 yards.

Kyle Pitts Sr., Week 9 against CIN: 42 of 62 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 23 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, Kyle Pitts Sr. played 17 games for ATL and scored 210.8 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing TE2.

He caught 88 of 118 targets for 928 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets and 528 air yards.

He was on the field for 87 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 Kyle Pitts Sr. over Brenton Strange.
• Start Brock Bowers over Kyle Pitts Sr..
• Start Kyle Pitts Sr. over Dalton Kincaid.
• Start Chig Okonkwo over AJ Barner.
• Start Chig Okonkwo over Brenton Strange.
• Start Brock Bowers over Chig Okonkwo.