Should I start Dak Prescott or Efton Chism III in Week 9?
Updated Nov 3, 12:21 PM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
Start Dak Prescott: 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Efton Chism III's 76 percent of the snaps and 12 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.
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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.
QB19 · DAL · bye 14
2026 vs pass yds line 4-4
- Market-based projection
- 21.9 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 134
WR49 · NE · bye 11
2026 vs anytime td line 1-6
- Market-based projection
- 6.8 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 135
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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 Dak Prescott, and the board ranks him 134th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Efton Chism III, and the board ranks him 135th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Dak Prescott is 1.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
The market-based projection for Efton Chism III is 2.0 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.
Dak Prescott's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season through Week 8
Through Week 8, Dak Prescott has been on the field for 100 percent of DAL snaps, dropped back 330 times and thrown 7.8 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 43 of 330 dropbacks and scrambled 17 times.
In Week 6 against GB he completed 34 of 54 passes for 258 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 2 times for 7 yards.
In Week 7 against PHI he completed 15 of 27 passes for 212 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 8 yards.
In Week 8 against ARI he completed 19 of 29 passes for 195 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 6 times for 21 yards.
Through Week 8, Efton Chism III has been on the field for 76 percent of NE snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 22 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 0 of the offence's 8 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.
His 6 targets have averaged 4.5 air yards.
In Week 7 against CHI he caught 1 of 1 target for 16 yards and did not score.
In Week 8 against MIA he caught 5 of 5 targets for 37 yards and did not score.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Dak Prescott played 17 games and scored 323.8 PPR points, 19.0 a game, finishing QB6.
He threw for 4552 yards on 600 attempts with 30 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, and ran for 177 yards and 2 touchdowns.
That came to 35.3 attempts a game at 7.6 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 98 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
In 2025 Efton Chism III 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.
Dak Prescott was available for 9 games more.
Side by side
In 2025 Dak Prescott scored 19.0 PPR points a game and Efton Chism III 2.1, 17.0 a game between them.
Dak Prescott is a quarterback and Efton Chism III a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.
Byes and availability
Dak Prescott is off in Week 14 and Efton Chism III in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.
Both players in full
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