Start Tyler Higbee or Chig Okonkwo? Week 9
Updated Nov 3, 3:46 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 10 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Tyler Higbee over Chig Okonkwo
- Market projects
- 8.8
- recent weeks avg
- WAS D vs TE
- 21.5
- 2nd most to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 59%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 11%
- Through Week 8
- Market projects
- 7.5
- recent weeks avg
- LAR D vs TE
- 10.2
- 5th fewest to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 65%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 16%
- Through Week 8
Should I drop Tyler Higbee 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), Tyler Higbee 60 (7.5 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Tyler Higbee over Chig Okonkwo. So make the move after his Week 9 game.
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Our Week 9 call
Start Tyler Higbee over Chig Okonkwo in Week 9.
Market-based projections have Tyler Higbee at 8.8 points and Chig Okonkwo at 7.5, a gap of 1.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Tyler Higbee this week yet, so his 8.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (7.7, 9.4 and 9.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. 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 Tyler Higbee yet. His market-based projections were 7.7, 9.4 and 9.3 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 8.8, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
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.
That puts Tyler Higbee 1.3 points ahead of Chig Okonkwo on these projections.
Week 9 matchups
Tyler Higbee and LAR visit WAS on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
WAS allowed 21.5 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 2nd most in the league.
Tight ends caught passes for 74 yards and 1.3 touchdowns a game against WAS.
Chig Okonkwo and WAS host LAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
LAR allowed 10.2 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 5th fewest in the league.
Tight ends caught passes for 42 yards and 0.1 touchdowns a game against LAR.
By points allowed to the position, Tyler Higbee has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Tyler Higbee is not on the injury report.
Chig Okonkwo is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 9
Through Week 8, Tyler Higbee played 59 percent of LAR snaps, drew 11 percent of the targets, earned 12 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.
Tyler Higbee, Week 5 against BUF: 55 of 82 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 83 yards.
Tyler Higbee, Week 6 against ARI: 48 of 58 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 22 yards.
Tyler Higbee, Week 7 against LV: 53 of 72 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 14 yards.
Tyler Higbee, Week 8 against LAC: 2 targets and 1 catch for 14 yards.
Through Week 8, Chig Okonkwo played 65 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: 4 targets and 2 catches for 32 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Tyler Higbee played 10 games for LAR and scored 71.1 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing TE40.
He caught 25 of 36 targets for 281 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets and 141 air yards.
He was on the field for 54 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 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 Tyler Higbee 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), Tyler Higbee 60 (7.5 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Tyler Higbee over Chig Okonkwo. So make the move after his Week 9 game.
Should I drop Chig Okonkwo for Tyler Higbee?
No. Keep Chig Okonkwo: he projects 69 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (7.7 a game over 9 games), Tyler Higbee 60 (7.5 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Tyler Higbee over Chig Okonkwo.
Week 9 on the board
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- Is Chig Okonkwo playing Week 9?
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