Two players, one answer.
Chig Okonkwo vs Deion Burks
Any league · this week start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
No call this week: one of them has no game or a projection under 4 points
Rest of season
Chig Okonkwo by 72% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
About even (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 79% held up in 2025
Start Chig Okonkwo
On Sleeper's projections, Chig Okonkwo is projected 7.2 points ahead of Deion Burks. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 79% of the time.
TE · WAS
Chig Okonkwo
7.8 projected
vs PHI · Sun 8:20 PM ET
7.5 a game this season · last 3: 2.5, 10, 13.9
WR · IND
Deion Burks
0.6 projected
@ JAX · Sun 1:00 PM ET
2.4 a game this season · last 3: 0, 6.8, 2.1
What the call rests on
- Chig Okonkwo: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 7:20 AM ET
- Deion Burks: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 7:20 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 7:27 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 7:27 AM ET, with the projections (hourly). A fresh projection time doesn't mean every status is: game-day inactives, about 90 minutes before kickoff, can come after it.
| Same projections, scored | Okonkwo | Burks |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 7.8 | 0.6 |
| Half PPR | 6.2 | 0.5 |
| Standard | 4.6 | 0.4 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Deion Burks plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Chig Okonkwo's late news is known.
Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)
This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with PPR settings. The percentage is how often a projected gap like this held up across the 2025 season; checked against 2026 games (not used to fit it), the stated chances so far run a few points high, so read a 60% call as nearer 55%.