Should I start Jalen Coker or Efton Chism III in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jalen Coker, and the board ranks him 121st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Efton Chism III, and the board ranks him 131st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jalen Coker is 2.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 4 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 Efton Chism III is 2.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Jalen Coker has been on the field for 70 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 1 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 44 targets have averaged 10.7 air yards.

In Week 6 against PHI he caught 6 of 13 targets for 97 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against TB he caught 1 of 4 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against GB he caught 2 of 5 targets for 35 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, Efton Chism III has been on the field for 63 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 Jalen Coker played 11 games and scored 90.4 PPR points, 8.2 a game, finishing WR69.

He caught 33 of 43 targets for 394 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 3.9 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 68 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.

Jalen Coker was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jalen Coker scored 8.2 PPR points a game and Efton Chism III 2.1, 6.2 a game between them.

Jalen Coker had 40 more targets than Efton Chism III, 43 to 3.

Jalen Coker had 319 more receiving yards than Efton Chism III, 394 to 75.

This season Jalen Coker holds the bigger snap share, 70 percent against 63 percent.

This season Jalen Coker holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 12 percent.

Byes and availability

Jalen Coker is off in Week 5 and Efton Chism III in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.