Should I start Efton Chism or Rashod Bateman in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Efton Chism, and the board ranks him 62nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rashod Bateman, and the board ranks him 125th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Efton Chism's market-based projection is 4.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 62nd highest figure of the 184 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Rashod Bateman is 1.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 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.

Rashod Bateman's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Efton Chism has been on the field for 47 percent of NE snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 1 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 14 targets have averaged 8.4 air yards.

In Week 4 against BUF he caught 2 of 4 targets for 42 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against LV he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 57 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Rashod Bateman has been on the field for 70 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 1 of its 25 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 12.4 air yards.

In Week 4 against TEN he caught 2 of 2 targets for 46 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against ATL he caught 5 of 6 targets for 62 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CLE he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Efton Chism 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 Rashod Bateman played 13 games and scored 55.4 PPR points, 4.3 a game, finishing WR102.

He caught 19 of 38 targets for 224 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 2.9 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 11.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 69 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Rashod Bateman was available for 5 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Rashod Bateman scored 4.3 PPR points a game and Efton Chism 2.1, 2.2 a game between them.

Rashod Bateman had 35 more targets than Efton Chism, 38 to 3.

Rashod Bateman had 149 more receiving yards than Efton Chism, 224 to 75.

This season Rashod Bateman holds the bigger snap share, 70 percent against 47 percent.

This season Rashod Bateman holds the bigger target share, 13 percent against 9 percent.

Byes and availability

Rashod Bateman is off in Week 13. No bye is listed for Efton Chism.

Rashod Bateman is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Rashod Bateman has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.