Too close to call: Pat Freiermuth (8.2) and Chig Okonkwo (8.1) project within 0.1 PPR points of each other in Week 8, and Pat Freiermuth faces the 14th-softest defense against TEs.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Pat Freiermuth TE · PIT | Chig Okonkwo TE · WAS | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 8.2 | 8.1 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 7.0 | 7.4 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 9.4 | 8.8 |
| StatChasers projection | 7.3 (TE22) | 8.8 (TE17) |
| Opponent | vs CLE | vs PHI |
| Opponent vs. position | 14th-softest (13.6 pts/g allowed) | 7th-toughest (10.5 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 14% target share (last 3) | 18% target share (last 3) |
| Position | TE | TE |
| Our call | SIT · Bench | SIT · Bench |
Settle every start/sit call with projections, matchup, recent usage and floor-versus-ceiling for your exact scoring settings.
It is a coin flip. Pat Freiermuth projects for 8.2 PPR points and Chig Okonkwo for 8.1, 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: 8.2 PPR points for Pat Freiermuth and 8.1 for Chig Okonkwo.
The sources range from 7.0 to 9.4 for Freiermuth and from 7.4 to 8.8 for Okonkwo. Either result is well inside both ranges.
Chig Okonkwo is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Okonkwo at 7.4 PPR points, against 7.0 for Pat Freiermuth.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Pat Freiermuth has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Freiermuth at 9.4 PPR points, against 8.8 for Chig Okonkwo.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Pat Freiermuth plays CLE and Chig Okonkwo plays PHI in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Freiermuth faces the 14th-softest defense against TEs and Okonkwo faces the 7th-toughest defense against TEs, so Pat Freiermuth 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 Pat Freiermuth has drawn 14% of his team's targets, and Chig Okonkwo 18% 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 Pat Freiermuth nor Chig Okonkwo has an injury designation for Week 8.
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). Pat Freiermuth is projected by 5 of them and Chig Okonkwo by 4.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.