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Start Mark Andrews or Chig Okonkwo? Week 9

Updated Nov 3, 4:51 AM ET.

Start Mark Andrews over Chig Okonkwo

Andrews projects lower, 5.5 to 7.5, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 137 for Andrews, 230 for Okonkwo.

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Mark Andrews

TE · BAL · vs JAX

Market projects
5.5
fantasy pts
JAX D vs TE
11.8
11th fewest to TEs (2026)
Snap share
65%
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 Chig Okonkwo for Mark Andrews?

Not on these numbers alone. Chig Okonkwo projects 69 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (7.7 a game over 9 games) and Mark Andrews 70 (8.7 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Mark Andrews over Chig Okonkwo.

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Our Week 9 call

Start Mark Andrews over Chig Okonkwo in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Mark Andrews at 5.5 points and Chig Okonkwo at 7.5, a gap of 2.0. 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 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.

What the market projects

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.

Player markets imply 5.5 fantasy points for Mark Andrews, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Mark Andrews is 19 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (10, 11 and 11 market sources).

That puts Chig Okonkwo 2.0 points ahead of Mark Andrews on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

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.

Mark Andrews and BAL host JAX on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

JAX allowed 11.8 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 11th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 35 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against JAX.

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

Injury status

Chig Okonkwo is not on the injury report.

Mark Andrews is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

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.

Through Week 8, Mark Andrews played 65 percent of BAL snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 15 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

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

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: 4 targets and 3 catches for 14 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 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 Chig Okonkwo for Mark Andrews?

    Not on these numbers alone. Chig Okonkwo projects 69 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (7.7 a game over 9 games) and Mark Andrews 70 (8.7 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Mark Andrews over Chig Okonkwo.

  • Should I drop Mark Andrews for Chig Okonkwo?

    Not on these numbers alone. Mark Andrews projects 70 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (8.7 a game over 8 games) and Chig Okonkwo 69 (7.7 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Mark Andrews over Chig Okonkwo.

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