Should I start Makai Lemon or Efton Chism III in Week 8?
Updated Nov 3, 12:11 AM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.
Start Makai Lemon: 86 percent of the snaps and 18 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Efton Chism III's 63 percent of the snaps and 3 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
WR49 · PHI · bye 10
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- Market-based projection
- 10.7 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 132
WR51 · NE · bye 11
2026 vs anytime td line 1-6
- Market-based projection
- 6.8 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 134
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The gap
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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Makai Lemon, and the board ranks him 132nd overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Efton Chism III, and the board ranks him 134th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Makai Lemon 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.
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.
Makai Lemon's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season through Week 8
Through Week 8, Makai Lemon has been on the field for 76 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 10 of the offence's 78 third down targets, had 1 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 46 two minute targets.
His 45 targets have averaged 5.9 air yards.
In Week 6 against CAR he caught 3 of 6 targets for 19 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against DAL he caught 7 of 8 targets for 67 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 8 against WAS he caught 6 of 9 targets for 57 yards and did not score.
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
Makai Lemon is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.
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.
Head to head
This season Makai Lemon holds the bigger snap share, 76 percent against 63 percent.
This season Makai Lemon holds the bigger target share, 18 percent against 12 percent.
Byes and availability
Makai Lemon is off in Week 10 and Efton Chism III in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.
Both players in full
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