Start Chig Okonkwo or Tommy Tremble? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Chig Okonkwo over Tommy Tremble in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Chig Okonkwo at 7.2 points and Tommy Tremble at 4.8, a gap of 2.3. 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. No player market is posted for Tommy Tremble this week yet, so his 4.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3 and 4 (5.5 and 4.2); 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).

No Week 6 player market is posted for Tommy Tremble yet. His market-based projections were 5.5 and 4.2 points in Weeks 3 and 4, an average of 4.8, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives Tommy Tremble a 12% chance to score a touchdown (8 market sources).

That puts Chig Okonkwo 2.3 points ahead of Tommy Tremble on these projections.

Injury status

Chig Okonkwo is not on the injury report.

Tommy Tremble is listed as questionable with a ribs injury.

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 4, Tommy Tremble played 52 percent of CAR snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 5 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Tommy Tremble, Week 1 against CHI: 38 of 68 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 25 yards.

Tommy Tremble, Week 2 against ATL: 37 of 66 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards.

Tommy Tremble, Week 3 against CLE: 37 of 77 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 41 yards.

Tommy Tremble, Week 4 against DET: 38 of 75 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 12 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, Tommy Tremble played 17 games for CAR and scored 63.9 PPR points, 3.8 a game, finishing TE42.

He caught 27 of 37 targets for 249 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets and 85 air yards.

He was on the field for 60 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 AJ Barner over Tommy Tremble.
• Start Tommy Tremble over Colby Parkinson.
• Start Darnell Washington over Tommy Tremble.