Too close to call: Chig Okonkwo (8.9) and Dalton Schultz (8.8) project within 0.1 PPR points of each other in Week 9, and Chig Okonkwo faces the 7th-toughest defense against TEs.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Chig Okonkwo TE · WAS | Dalton Schultz TE · HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 8.9 | 8.8 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 8.3 | 8.5 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 9.4 | 9.7 |
| StatChasers projection | 9.0 (TE19) | 9.7 (TE16) |
| Opponent | vs LAR | vs LAC |
| Opponent vs. position | 7th-toughest (10.6 pts/g allowed) | 6th-toughest (10.2 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 20% target share (last 3) | 17% target share (last 3) |
| Position | TE | TE |
| Our call | SIT · Bench | FLEX · Streamer |
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It is a coin flip. Chig Okonkwo projects for 8.9 PPR points and Dalton Schultz for 8.8, within 0.1 of each other.
Break the tie with the floor if you are favored this week, and with the ceiling if you need a big game to win.
They are projected almost level: 8.9 PPR points for Chig Okonkwo and 8.8 for Dalton Schultz.
The sources range from 8.3 to 9.4 for Okonkwo and from 8.5 to 9.7 for Schultz. Either result is well inside both ranges.
Dalton Schultz is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Schultz at 8.5 PPR points, against 8.3 for Chig Okonkwo.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Dalton Schultz has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Schultz at 9.7 PPR points, against 9.4 for Chig Okonkwo.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Chig Okonkwo plays LAR and Dalton Schultz plays LAC in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Okonkwo faces the 7th-toughest defense against TEs and Schultz faces the 6th-toughest defense against TEs, so Chig Okonkwo has the softer matchup.
Each projection already accounts for the opponent, so a soft matchup is a tiebreaker, not a reason to bench the higher projection.
Over his recent games Chig Okonkwo has drawn 20% of his team's targets, and Dalton Schultz 17% of his team's targets.
Chig Okonkwo has the bigger role, and volume is the steadiest thing a projection rests on.
These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets, which here is Chig Okonkwo.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Chig Okonkwo nor Dalton Schultz has an injury designation for Week 9.
Designations change through the week, so check again before kickoff; this page updates with each refresh.
Each figure is the average of the projection sources that carry the player this week: StatChasers, Sleeper, ESPN, numberFire, FFToday and the betting markets (sportsbook player props). Chig Okonkwo is projected by 4 of them and Dalton Schultz by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.