Should I start Jalen Nailor or Efton Chism in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jalen Nailor: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 204th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Efton Chism: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 205th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jalen Nailor is 1.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 11 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 is 1.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 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 Nailor's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 4, Jalen Nailor has been on the field for 48 percent of LV snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 0 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have averaged 12.3 air yards.

In Week 2 against LAC he caught 1 of 3 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against NO he caught 1 of 3 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against KC he was not given the ball.

Through Week 5, Efton Chism has been on the field for 43 percent of NE snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 30 third down targets, had 1 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 10 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 8.6 air yards.

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.

In Week 5 against LV he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 57 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jalen Nailor played 17 games and scored 100.7 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing WR61.

He caught 29 of 53 targets for 444 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 3.1 targets a game, a 55 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 65 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.

Jalen Nailor was available for 9 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jalen Nailor scored 5.9 PPR points a game and Efton Chism 2.1, 3.9 a game between them.

Jalen Nailor had 50 more targets than Efton Chism, 53 to 3.

Jalen Nailor had 369 more receiving yards than Efton Chism, 444 to 75.

This season Jalen Nailor holds the bigger snap share, 48 percent against 43 percent.

This season Efton Chism holds the bigger target share, 11 percent against 8 percent.

Byes and availability

Jalen Nailor is off in Week 13 and Efton Chism in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Jalen Nailor is listed as questionable on the injury report.