Should I start Michael Mayer or Efton Chism III in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Michael Mayer, and the board ranks him 124th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Efton Chism III, and the board ranks him 135th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Michael Mayer's market-based projection is 5.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 79th highest figure of the 209 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Efton Chism III is 1.5 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.

Efton Chism III's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Michael Mayer has been on the field for 81 percent of LV snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 84 third down targets, had 2 of its 27 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 43 two minute targets.

His 46 targets have averaged 5.2 air yards.

In Week 7 against LAR he caught 3 of 3 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against NYJ he caught 5 of 6 targets for 53 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against SF he caught 3 of 3 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Efton Chism III has been on the field for 67 percent of NE snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 14 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 10 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have averaged 6.8 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.

In Week 9 against GB he caught 5 of 5 targets for 49 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Michael Mayer played 13 games and scored 73.8 PPR points, 5.7 a game, finishing TE38.

He caught 35 of 50 targets for 328 yards and 1 touchdown, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 3.8 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 9.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 57 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.

Michael Mayer was available for 5 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Michael Mayer scored 5.7 PPR points a game and Efton Chism III 2.1, 3.6 a game between them.

Michael Mayer is a tight end and Efton Chism III a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

Efton Chism III has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.