Should I start Efton Chism III or Omar Cooper Jr. in Week 9?
Updated Nov 5, 10:56 AM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
Start Efton Chism III: 76 percent of the snaps and 12 percent of the targets over their last 2 games, against Omar Cooper Jr.'s 72 percent of the snaps and 8 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.
WR66 · NE · bye 11
2026 vs anytime td line 1-6
- Market-based projection
- 6.8 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 175
WR70 · NYJ · bye 13
2026 vs anytime td line 2-2
- Market-based projection
- 9.3 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 183
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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 Efton Chism III, and the board ranks him 175th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Omar Cooper Jr., and the board ranks him 183rd overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Efton Chism III is 1.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 10 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.
The market has Omar Cooper Jr. at 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 10 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 8
Through Week 8, Efton Chism III has been on the field for 76 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 8, Omar Cooper Jr. has been on the field for 72 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 2 of the offence's 18 third down targets, had 1 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.
His 5 targets have averaged 10.2 air yards.
In Week 7 against MIA he caught 5 of 5 targets for 115 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 8 against LV he was not given the ball.
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.
Omar Cooper Jr. is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.
Head to head
This season Efton Chism III holds the bigger snap share, 76 percent against 72 percent.
This season Efton Chism III holds the bigger target share, 12 percent against 8 percent.
Byes and availability
Efton Chism III is off in Week 11 and Omar Cooper Jr. in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.
Both players in full
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