Should I start Mike Gesicki or Efton Chism III in Week 8?
Updated Nov 2, 9:36 PM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.
Start Efton Chism III: 63 percent of the snaps and 3 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Mike Gesicki's 49 percent of the snaps and 7 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.
TE21 · CIN · bye 6
2026 vs anytime td line 6-1
- Market-based projection
- 7.0 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 146
WR57 · NE · bye 11
2026 vs anytime td line 1-6
- Market-based projection
- 6.8 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 147
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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 Mike Gesicki, and the board ranks him 146th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Efton Chism III, and the board ranks him 147th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Mike Gesicki, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for Efton Chism III, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.
This season through Week 8
Through Week 8, Mike Gesicki has been on the field for 45 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 6 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 3 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 43 two minute targets.
His 24 targets have averaged 11.1 air yards.
In Week 5 against MIA he caught 1 of 2 targets for 4 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 7 against BAL he caught 1 of 1 target for 6 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 8 against TEN he caught 4 of 6 targets for 76 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
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
In 2025 Mike Gesicki played 13 games and scored 70.7 PPR points, 5.4 a game, finishing TE41.
He caught 28 of 42 targets for 307 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.
That came to 3.2 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 11.0 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 38 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.
Mike Gesicki was available for 5 games more.
Side by side
In 2025 Mike Gesicki scored 5.4 PPR points a game and Efton Chism III 2.1, 3.4 a game between them.
Mike Gesicki 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
Mike Gesicki is off in Week 6 and Efton Chism III in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.
Both players in full
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