Start Michael Mayer or Chig Okonkwo? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Chig Okonkwo over Michael Mayer in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Chig Okonkwo at 7.2 points and Michael Mayer at 7.1, a gap of 0.1. 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.

What the market projects

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 gives Chig Okonkwo a 23% chance to score a touchdown (12 market sources).

Player markets imply 7.1 fantasy points for Michael Mayer, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Michael Mayer is 28 receiving yards and 2-3 receptions, with a 24% chance to score a touchdown (11, 11 and 12 market sources).

That puts Chig Okonkwo 0.1 points ahead of Michael Mayer on these projections.

Injury status

Chig Okonkwo is not on the injury report.

Michael Mayer is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

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.

Through Week 5, Michael Mayer played 82 percent of LV snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 8 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Michael Mayer, Week 2 against LAC: 53 of 63 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 23 yards.

Michael Mayer, Week 3 against NO: 61 of 70 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 32 yards, 1 touchdown.

Michael Mayer, Week 4 against KC: 74 of 84 snaps, 10 targets and 8 catches for 82 yards.

Michael Mayer, Week 5 against NE: 39 of 60 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 2 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, Michael Mayer played 13 games for LV and scored 73.8 PPR points, 5.7 a game, finishing TE38.

He caught 35 of 50 targets for 328 yards and 1 touchdown, with 6 red zone targets and 132 air yards.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Chig Okonkwo over AJ Barner.
• Start Brenton Strange over Chig Okonkwo.
• Start Cade Otton over Chig Okonkwo.
• Start Michael Mayer over AJ Barner.
• Start Brenton Strange over Michael Mayer.
• Start Cade Otton over Michael Mayer.