Start Mark Andrews or Chig Okonkwo? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Mark Andrews over Chig Okonkwo in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Mark Andrews at 8.2 points and Chig Okonkwo at 7.2, a gap of 1.0. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Chig Okonkwo this week yet, so his 7.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (7.7 and 6.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Mark Andrews at ADP 137 and Chig Okonkwo at 230.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 8.2 fantasy points for Mark Andrews, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Mark Andrews is 30 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (13, 11 and 13 market sources).

No Week 6 player market is posted for Chig Okonkwo yet. His market-based projections were 7.7 and 6.6 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 7.2, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market-based projection for Chig Okonkwo is 0.3 touchdowns (13 market sources).

That puts Mark Andrews 1.0 points ahead of Chig Okonkwo on these projections.

Week 6 matchups

Mark Andrews and BAL visit CLE on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CLE allowed 14.6 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 13th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 54 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against CLE.

Chig Okonkwo and WAS visit SF on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

SF allowed 8.2 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 4th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 36 yards and no touchdowns a game against SF.

By points allowed to the position, Mark Andrews has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Mark Andrews is not on the injury report.

Chig Okonkwo is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Mark Andrews played 65 percent of BAL snaps, drew 23 percent of the targets, earned 18 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Mark Andrews, Week 2 against NO: 41 of 58 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 49 yards.

Mark Andrews, Week 3 against DAL: 33 of 64 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 24 yards.

Mark Andrews, Week 4 against TEN: 37 of 64 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 27 yards, 1 touchdown.

Mark Andrews, Week 5 against ATL: 55 of 76 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 28 yards.

Through Week 5, Chig Okonkwo played 61 percent of WAS snaps, drew 15 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.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

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 6 calls

• Start Mark Andrews over Brenton Strange.
• Start Cade Otton over Mark Andrews.
• Start Colston Loveland over Mark Andrews.
• Start Chig Okonkwo over AJ Barner.
• Start Brenton Strange over Chig Okonkwo.
• Start Cade Otton over Chig Okonkwo.