Should I start Efton Chism or Christian Watson in Week 7?
Updated Oct 20, 6:11 AM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.
Christian Watson is the start on the latest market-based projection, 15.7 points to Efton Chism's 4.6, with Christian Watson on the market figure from his Week 6 game because his next market is not posted yet. This answer reorders when it is. What follows is how each has been used this season.
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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.
WR25 · NE · bye unlisted
2026 vs anytime td line 1-4
- Market-based projection
- 4.6 pts a game
WR29 · GB · bye 11
2026 vs anytime td line 4-2
- Market-based projection
- 15.7 pts a game Wk 6 price
- Overall rank
- 69
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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 Efton Chism, and the board ranks him 57th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Christian Watson, and the board ranks him 69th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
Efton Chism's market-based projection is 4.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 45th highest figure of the 160 players with a market-based projection.
The market-based projection for Christian Watson is 3.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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.
Christian Watson's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season through Week 6
Through Week 6, Efton Chism has been on the field for 43 percent of NE snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 5 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 1 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 19 two minute targets.
His 14 targets have averaged 8.4 air yards.
In Week 4 against BUF he caught 2 of 4 targets for 42 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 5 against LV he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 57 yards and did not score.
In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.
Through Week 6, Christian Watson has been on the field for 79 percent of GB snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 16 of the offence's 64 third down targets, had 3 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 32 two minute targets.
His 48 targets have averaged 13.6 air yards.
In Week 4 against TB he caught 3 of 3 targets for 47 yards and did not score.
In Week 5 against CHI he caught 6 of 8 targets for 143 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.
In Week 6 against DAL he caught 3 of 8 targets for 64 yards and did not score.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Efton Chism played 8 games and scored 16.5 PPR points, 2.1 a game.
He caught 3 of 3 targets for 75 yards and 1 touchdown, with 1 red zone target.
That came to 0.4 targets a game, a 100 percent catch rate and 25.0 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 14 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
In 2025 Christian Watson played 10 games and scored 132.4 PPR points, 13.2 a game, finishing WR46.
He caught 35 of 55 targets for 611 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.
That came to 5-6 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 18 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Christian Watson was available for 2 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Christian Watson scored 13.2 PPR points a game and Efton Chism 2.1, 11.2 a game between them.
Christian Watson had 52 more targets than Efton Chism, 55 to 3.
Christian Watson had 536 more receiving yards than Efton Chism, 611 to 75.
This season Christian Watson holds the bigger snap share, 79 percent against 43 percent.
This season Christian Watson holds the bigger target share, 22 percent against 9 percent.
Byes and availability
Christian Watson is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Efton Chism.
What would change the answer
Christian Watson has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.
Both players in full
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