Should I start Efton Chism or Ja'Marr Chase in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Efton Chism, and the board ranks him 57th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ja'Marr Chase, and the board ranks him 64th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 5.

The market-based projections

Efton Chism's market-based projection is 4.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 45th highest figure of the 160 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Ja'Marr Chase is 3.9 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.

Ja'Marr Chase's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 6, Efton Chism has been on the field for 43 percent of NE snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 1 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 14 targets have averaged 8.4 air yards.

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.

In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Ja'Marr Chase has been on the field for 75 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 2 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 38 targets have averaged 9.2 air yards.

In Week 3 against PIT he caught 9 of 12 targets for 98 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against JAX he caught 3 of 3 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against MIA he caught 6 of 10 targets for 77 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Ja'Marr Chase played 16 games and scored 313.6 PPR points, 19.6 a game, finishing WR4.

He caught 125 of 185 targets for 1412 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 21 red zone targets.

That came to 11.6 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 11.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 94 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ja'Marr Chase was available for 8 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Ja'Marr Chase scored 19.6 PPR points a game and Efton Chism 2.1, 17.5 a game between them.

Ja'Marr Chase had 182 more targets than Efton Chism, 185 to 3.

Ja'Marr Chase had 1337 more receiving yards than Efton Chism, 1412 to 75.

This season Ja'Marr Chase holds the bigger snap share, 75 percent against 43 percent.

This season Ja'Marr Chase holds the bigger target share, 20 percent against 9 percent.

Byes and availability

Ja'Marr Chase is off in Week 6. No bye is listed for Efton Chism.

What would change the answer

Ja'Marr Chase has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.