Start Chig Okonkwo or Mark Andrews? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Mark Andrews over Chig Okonkwo in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Mark Andrews at 7.4 points and Chig Okonkwo at 8.9, a gap of 1.5. Mark Andrews still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 137 against 230, and that outweighs a gap this size. No player market is posted for Mark Andrews this week yet, so his 7.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (8.3, 8.3 and 5.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 8.9 fantasy points for Chig Okonkwo, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Chig Okonkwo is 37 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (14, 11 and 13 market sources).

No Week 10 player market is posted for Mark Andrews yet. His market-based projections were 8.3, 8.4 and 5.5 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 7.4, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

That puts Chig Okonkwo 1.5 points ahead of Mark Andrews on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

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.

Mark Andrews and BAL host LAC on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

LAC allowed 9.7 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 3rd fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 51 yards and 0.1 touchdowns a game against LAC.

By points allowed to the position, Chig Okonkwo has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Chig Okonkwo is listed as questionable with a hip injury.

Mark Andrews is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

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.

Through Week 9, Mark Andrews played 63 percent of BAL snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 16 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Mark Andrews, Week 6 against CLE: 41 of 57 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards.

Mark Andrews, Week 7 against CIN: 38 of 67 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 23 yards.

Mark Andrews, Week 8 against BUF: 29 of 51 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 14 yards.

Mark Andrews, Week 9 against JAX: 32 of 56 snaps, 2 carries for 0 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 19 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.

In 2025, Mark Andrews played 17 games for BAL and scored 131.0 PPR points, 7.7 a game, finishing TE16.

He caught 48 of 70 targets for 422 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets and 321 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 Chig Okonkwo over Brenton Strange.
• Start Dalton Kincaid over Chig Okonkwo.
• Start Chig Okonkwo over Dalton Schultz.
• Start Mark Andrews over AJ Barner.
• Start Mark Andrews over Colby Parkinson.
• Start Mark Andrews over Dalton Schultz.