Start Kyle Pitts Sr. or Chig Okonkwo? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Kyle Pitts Sr. over Chig Okonkwo in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Kyle Pitts Sr. at 7.4 points and Chig Okonkwo at 6.6, a gap of 0.8. 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 7.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (6.3, 7.2 and 8.7); 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. Drafters take Kyle Pitts Sr. at ADP 84 and Chig Okonkwo at 230.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Kyle Pitts Sr. yet. His market-based projections were 6.3, 7.2 and 8.7 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 7.4, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

The market-based projection for Kyle Pitts Sr. is 0.4 touchdowns (7 market sources).

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.

That puts Kyle Pitts Sr. 0.8 points ahead of Chig Okonkwo on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Kyle Pitts Sr. and ATL visit TB on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

TB allowed 16.2 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 8th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 62 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against TB.

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.

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 not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Kyle Pitts Sr. played 55 percent of ATL snaps, drew 16 percent of the targets, earned 1 percent of the air yards and had 9 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.

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.

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.

Kyle Pitts Sr., Week 18 of 2025 against NO: 9 targets and 6 catches for 58 yards, 11.8 PPR points.

Kyle Pitts Sr., Week 17 of 2025 against LAR: 49 of 53 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 16 yards, 3.6 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 8 calls

• Start Kyle Pitts Sr. over AJ Barner.
• Start Kyle Pitts Sr. over Brenton Strange.
• Start Cade Otton over Kyle Pitts Sr..
• Start AJ Barner over Chig Okonkwo.
• Start Chig Okonkwo over Colby Parkinson.
• Start Chig Okonkwo over Darnell Washington.