Should I start Efton Chism III or Jordan Watkins in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Efton Chism III, and the board ranks him 126th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Our board does not carry Jordan Watkins at all right now: live drafts have stopped taking him and there is no player market on him this week, so he has no rank, no tier and no ADP here.

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.

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

This season so far

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.

Through Week 7, Jordan Watkins has been on the field for 52 percent of SF snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 0 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 27 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 16.0 air yards.

In Week 5 against SEA he was not given the ball.

In Week 6 against WAS he caught 1 of 1 target for 22 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against ATL he caught 3 of 6 targets for 56 yards and did not score.

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 Jordan Watkins played 4 games and scored 4.6 PPR points, 1.2 a game.

He caught 2 of 3 targets for 26 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 0.8 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 13.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 7 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Efton Chism III was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Efton Chism III scored 2.1 PPR points a game and Jordan Watkins 1.2, 0.9 a game between them.

Both had 3 targets.

Efton Chism III had 49 more receiving yards than Jordan Watkins, 75 to 26.

This season Efton Chism III holds the bigger snap share, 63 percent against 52 percent.

This season Efton Chism III holds the bigger target share, 12 percent against 6 percent.

Byes and availability

Efton Chism III is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Jordan Watkins.