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Should I start Emeka Egbuka or Chimere Dike in Week 7?

Updated Oct 21, 6:16 PM ET.

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Start Emeka Egbuka: 89 percent of the snaps and 32 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Chimere Dike's 16 percent of the snaps and 6 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Chimere Dike for Emeka Egbuka?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Emeka Egbuka projects 89 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (8.9 a game over 10 games), Chimere Dike 7 (0.7 a game over 10 games). Emeka Egbuka is listed questionable.

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

WR64 · TB · bye 10

2026 vs anytime td line 3-3

Market-based projection
9.0 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
186

WR66 · TEN · bye 9

2026 vs anytime td line 0-6

Overall rank
190

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Emeka Egbuka, and the board ranks him 186th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chimere Dike, and the board ranks him 190th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Emeka Egbuka is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Chimere Dike is 1.7 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 12 market sources. That is 60 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Emeka Egbuka's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Emeka Egbuka has been on the field for 86 percent of TB snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 19 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 3 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 10 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 49 targets have averaged 9.7 air yards.

In Week 4 against GB he caught 2 of 4 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DAL he carried 1 time for 14 yards, caught 6 of 9 targets for 38 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against PIT he caught 7 of 16 targets for 48 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Chimere Dike has been on the field for 12 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 48 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 5.4 air yards.

In Week 4 against BAL he caught 1 of 1 target for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against HOU he caught 3 of 4 targets for 28 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against IND he was not given the ball.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Emeka Egbuka played 17 games and scored 195.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR23.

He caught 63 of 127 targets for 938 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 7-8 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 14.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Chimere Dike played 17 games and scored 126.1 PPR points, 7.4 a game, finishing WR50.

He caught 48 of 74 targets for 423 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 4.4 targets a game, a 65 percent catch rate and 8.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 59 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Emeka Egbuka scored 11.5 PPR points a game and Chimere Dike 7.4, 4.1 a game between them.

Emeka Egbuka finished WR23 that year and Chimere Dike WR50.

Emeka Egbuka had 53 more targets than Chimere Dike, 127 to 74.

Emeka Egbuka had 515 more receiving yards than Chimere Dike, 938 to 423.

This season Emeka Egbuka holds the bigger snap share, 86 percent against 12 percent.

This season Emeka Egbuka holds the bigger target share, 26 percent against 4 percent.

Byes and availability

Emeka Egbuka is off in Week 10 and Chimere Dike in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

Emeka Egbuka is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Chimere Dike for Emeka Egbuka?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Emeka Egbuka projects 89 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (8.9 a game over 10 games), Chimere Dike 7 (0.7 a game over 10 games). Emeka Egbuka is listed questionable.

  • Should I drop Emeka Egbuka for Chimere Dike?

    No. Keep Emeka Egbuka: he projects 89 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (8.9 a game over 10 games), Chimere Dike 7 (0.7 a game over 10 games). Emeka Egbuka is listed questionable.

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