Start Chig Okonkwo or T.J. Hockenson? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Chig Okonkwo over T.J. Hockenson in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Chig Okonkwo at 9.8 points and T.J. Hockenson at 10.4, a gap of 0.5. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Chig Okonkwo still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 230 against 224, and that outweighs a gap this size. No player market is posted for T.J. Hockenson this week yet, so his 10.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (10.0, 10.6 and 10.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 10 player market is posted for T.J. Hockenson yet. His market-based projections were 10.0, 10.6 and 10.5 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 10.4, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

Player markets imply 9.8 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, 4-5 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (14, 11 and 13 market sources).

That puts T.J. Hockenson 0.5 points ahead of Chig Okonkwo on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

T.J. Hockenson and MIN visit GB on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

GB allowed 9.0 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 2nd fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 35 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against GB.

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.

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

Injury status

T.J. Hockenson is not on the injury report.

Chig Okonkwo is listed as questionable with a hip injury.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, T.J. Hockenson played 65 percent of MIN snaps, drew 21 percent of the targets, earned 18 percent of the air yards and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

T.J. Hockenson, Week 5 against NO: 2 of 71 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 yards.

T.J. Hockenson, Week 7 against IND: 45 of 59 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 35 yards, 1 touchdown.

T.J. Hockenson, Week 8 against DET: 44 of 53 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 58 yards, 1 touchdown.

T.J. Hockenson, Week 9 against BUF: 7 targets and 4 catches for 33 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, T.J. Hockenson played 15 games for MIN and scored 112.8 PPR points, 7.5 a game, finishing TE26.

He caught 51 of 66 targets for 438 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets and 224 air yards.

He was on the field for 79 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 10 calls

• Start Brenton Strange over T.J. Hockenson.
• Start Brock Bowers over T.J. Hockenson.
• Start Dalton Kincaid over T.J. Hockenson.
• Start Chig Okonkwo over Brenton Strange.
• Start Brock Bowers over Chig Okonkwo.
• Start Dalton Kincaid over Chig Okonkwo.