DeMario Douglas or Efton Chism: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on DeMario Douglas: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 144th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Efton Chism: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 149th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

No season market is posted for DeMario Douglas, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for Efton Chism, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, DeMario Douglas has been on the field for 54 percent of NE snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 10.6 air yards.

In Week 2 against PIT he caught 1 of 2 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against JAX he caught 1 of 5 targets for 38 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BUF he caught 2 of 3 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Efton Chism has been on the field for 31 percent of NE snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 22 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 8 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 6.9 air yards.

In Week 2 against PIT he caught 1 of 1 target for -2 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against JAX he caught 1 of 2 targets for 1 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BUF he caught 2 of 4 targets for 42 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 DeMario Douglas played 17 games and scored 95.8 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing WR65.

He caught 31 of 46 targets for 447 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 2.7 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 26 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

DeMario Douglas was available for 9 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 DeMario Douglas scored 5.6 PPR points a game and Efton Chism 2.1, 3.6 a game between them.

DeMario Douglas had 43 more targets than Efton Chism, 46 to 3.

DeMario Douglas had 372 more receiving yards than Efton Chism, 447 to 75.

This season DeMario Douglas holds the bigger snap share, 54 percent against 31 percent.

This season DeMario Douglas holds the bigger target share, 14 percent against 8 percent.