Start Chig Okonkwo or Travis Kelce? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Travis Kelce over Chig Okonkwo in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Travis Kelce at 11.2 points and Chig Okonkwo at 9.8, a gap of 1.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Travis Kelce this week yet, so his 11.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (11.1, 10.9 and 11.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Travis Kelce at ADP 113 and Chig Okonkwo at 230.

What the market projects

No Week 10 player market is posted for Travis Kelce yet. His market-based projections were 11.1, 10.9 and 11.7 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 11.2, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

The market-based projection for Travis Kelce is 0.4 touchdowns (8 market sources).

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 Travis Kelce 1.4 points ahead of Chig Okonkwo on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Travis Kelce and KC visit ATL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

ATL allowed 13.9 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 16th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 55 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against ATL.

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, Travis Kelce has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Travis Kelce is not on the injury report.

Chig Okonkwo is listed as questionable with a hip injury.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Travis Kelce played 77 percent of KC snaps, drew 20 percent of the targets, earned 22 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Travis Kelce, Week 6 against LAC: 40 of 61 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 53 yards.

Travis Kelce, Week 7 against SEA: 44 of 53 snaps, 8 targets and 4 catches for 44 yards.

Travis Kelce, Week 8 against DEN: 54 of 69 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 67 yards.

Travis Kelce, Week 9 against NYJ: 46 of 66 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 6 targets and 4 catches for 72 yards, 1 touchdown.

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, Travis Kelce played 17 games for KC and scored 193.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing TE3.

He caught 76 of 108 targets for 851 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets and 428 air yards.

He was on the field for 81 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 Travis Kelce over Brenton Strange.
• Start Brock Bowers over Travis Kelce.
• Start Travis Kelce over Dalton Kincaid.
• Start Chig Okonkwo over Brenton Strange.
• Start Brock Bowers over Chig Okonkwo.
• Start Dalton Kincaid over Chig Okonkwo.