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Start Chig Okonkwo or Tommy Tremble? Week 9

Updated Nov 3, 8:41 AM ET.

Start Chig Okonkwo over Tommy Tremble

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Chig Okonkwo

TE · WAS · vs LAR

Market projects
7.5
recent weeks avg
LAR D vs TE
10.6
7th fewest to TEs (2026)
Upside
Moderate
50 of 100 at TE
Snap share
67%
Through Week 8
Target share
16%
Through Week 8
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Tommy Tremble

TE · CAR · vs DEN

Market projects
4.3
fantasy pts
DEN D vs TE
16.8
7th most to TEs (2026)
Upside
Moderate
57 of 100 at TE
Snap share
56%
Through Week 8
Target share
10%
Through Week 8

Should I drop Tommy Tremble for Chig Okonkwo?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Chig Okonkwo projects 69 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (7.7 a game over 9 games), Tommy Tremble 45 (5.0 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Chig Okonkwo over Tommy Tremble.

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Our Week 9 call

Start Chig Okonkwo over Tommy Tremble in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Chig Okonkwo at 7.5 points and Tommy Tremble at 4.3, a gap of 3.1. 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 4.4 fantasy points for Tommy Tremble, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Tommy Tremble is 16 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (10, 10 and 11 market sources).

That puts Chig Okonkwo 3.1 points ahead of Tommy Tremble 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.

Tommy Tremble and CAR host DEN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

DEN allowed 16.8 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 7th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 68 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against DEN.

By points allowed to the position, Tommy Tremble has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Chig Okonkwo is not on the injury report.

Tommy Tremble 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, Tommy Tremble played 56 percent of CAR snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 5 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Tommy Tremble, Week 4 against DET: 38 of 75 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 12 yards.

Tommy Tremble, Week 6 against PHI: 54 of 79 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 46 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Tommy Tremble, Week 7 against TB: 27 of 56 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 8 yards.

Tommy Tremble, Week 8 against GB: 44 of 73 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch 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, 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 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 Tommy Tremble for Chig Okonkwo?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Chig Okonkwo projects 69 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (7.7 a game over 9 games), Tommy Tremble 45 (5.0 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Chig Okonkwo over Tommy Tremble.

  • Should I drop Chig Okonkwo for Tommy Tremble?

    No. Keep Chig Okonkwo: he projects 69 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (7.7 a game over 9 games), Tommy Tremble 45 (5.0 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Chig Okonkwo over Tommy Tremble.

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