Should I start Efton Chism III or Emeka Egbuka in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Efton Chism III, and the board ranks him 122nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Emeka Egbuka, and the board ranks him 125th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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.

The market-based projection for Emeka Egbuka is 2.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Efton Chism III's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

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.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

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.

Emeka Egbuka was available for 9 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Emeka Egbuka scored 11.5 PPR points a game and Efton Chism III 2.1, 9.4 a game between them.

Emeka Egbuka had 124 more targets than Efton Chism III, 127 to 3.

Emeka Egbuka had 863 more receiving yards than Efton Chism III, 938 to 75.

This season Emeka Egbuka holds the bigger snap share, 86 percent against 76 percent.

This season Emeka Egbuka holds the bigger target share, 26 percent against 12 percent.

Byes and availability

Efton Chism III is off in Week 11 and Emeka Egbuka in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Emeka Egbuka is listed as out on the injury report.