Start Chig Okonkwo or Mason Taylor? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Chig Okonkwo over Mason Taylor in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Chig Okonkwo at 7.5 points and Mason Taylor at 5.2, a gap of 2.3. 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. No player market is posted for Mason Taylor this week yet, so his 5.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (3.8, 5.5 and 6.3); 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.

No Week 9 player market is posted for Mason Taylor yet. His market-based projections were 3.8, 5.5 and 6.3 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 5.2, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

That puts Chig Okonkwo 2.3 points ahead of Mason Taylor on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Chig Okonkwo and WAS host LAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

LAR allowed 10.6 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 7th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 46 yards and 0.1 touchdowns a game against LAR.

Mason Taylor and NYJ visit KC on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

KC allowed 17.8 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 5th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 66 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against KC.

By points allowed to the position, Mason Taylor has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Chig Okonkwo is not on the injury report.

Mason Taylor is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Chig Okonkwo played 67 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: 46 of 60 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 32 yards.

Through Week 8, Mason Taylor played 58 percent of NYJ snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 13 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

Mason Taylor, Week 5 against CLE: 41 of 70 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 24 yards.

Mason Taylor, Week 6 against NE: 34 of 62 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 33 yards.

Mason Taylor, Week 7 against MIA: 37 of 59 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 62 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Mason Taylor, Week 8 against LV: 39 of 64 snaps, 5 targets and 3 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, Mason Taylor played 13 games for NYJ and scored 88.9 PPR points, 6.8 a game, finishing TE32.

He caught 44 of 65 targets for 369 yards and 1 touchdown, with 7 red zone targets and 235 air yards.

He was on the field for 81 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Chig Okonkwo over AJ Barner.
• Start Brenton Strange over Chig Okonkwo.
• Start Cade Otton over Chig Okonkwo.
• Start AJ Barner over Mason Taylor.
• Start Charlie Kolar over Mason Taylor.
• Start Mason Taylor over Colby Parkinson.