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Start Kyle Pitts Sr. or Chig Okonkwo? Week 9

Updated Nov 3, 4:36 AM ET.

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Start Kyle Pitts Sr. over Chig Okonkwo

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Kyle Pitts Sr.

TE · ATL · vs CIN

Market projects
9.4
fantasy pts
CIN D vs TE
15.7
11th most to TEs (2026)
Snap share
55%
Through Week 8
Target share
18%
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 Kyle Pitts Sr. 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), Kyle Pitts Sr. 63 (7.9 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Kyle Pitts Sr. over Chig Okonkwo. So make the move after his Week 9 game.

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Our Week 9 call

Start Kyle Pitts Sr. over Chig Okonkwo in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Kyle Pitts Sr. at 9.4 points and Chig Okonkwo at 7.5, a gap of 1.9. 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 Kyle Pitts Sr. at ADP 84 and Chig Okonkwo at 230.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 9.4 fantasy points for Kyle Pitts Sr., with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Kyle Pitts Sr. is 41 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (7, 7 and 7 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 Kyle Pitts Sr. 1.9 points ahead of Chig Okonkwo on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Kyle Pitts Sr. and ATL host CIN on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

CIN allowed 15.7 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 11th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 85 yards and no touchdowns a game against CIN.

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, 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 9

Through Week 8, Kyle Pitts Sr. played 55 percent of ATL snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 6 percent of the air yards and had 14 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: 5 targets and 2 catches for 6 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, 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.

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 Kyle Pitts Sr. 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), Kyle Pitts Sr. 63 (7.9 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Kyle Pitts Sr. over Chig Okonkwo. So make the move after his Week 9 game.

  • Should I drop Chig Okonkwo for Kyle Pitts Sr.?

    No. Keep Chig Okonkwo: he projects 69 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (7.7 a game over 9 games), Kyle Pitts Sr. 63 (7.9 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Kyle Pitts Sr. over Chig Okonkwo.

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