Should I start Efton Chism III or Tez Johnson in Week 8?
Updated Oct 27, 6:26 PM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.
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Start Efton Chism III: 63 percent of the snaps and 3 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Tez Johnson's 45 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.
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The gap
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Where the draft room stands
Our board does not carry Efton Chism III at all right now: live drafts have stopped taking him and there is no player market on him this week, so he has no rank, no tier and no ADP here.
Our board does not carry Tez Johnson at all right now: live drafts have stopped taking him and there is no player market on him this week, so he has no rank, no tier and no ADP here.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Efton Chism III, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for Tez Johnson, 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 7
Through Week 7, Efton Chism III has been on the field for 63 percent of NE snaps, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 0 of the offence's 5 third down targets and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.
His 1 target have averaged 3.0 air yards.
In Week 7 against CHI he caught 1 of 1 target for 16 yards and did not score.
Through Week 7, Tez Johnson has been on the field for 38 percent of TB snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 5 of the offence's 57 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 44 two minute targets.
His 15 targets have averaged 19.6 air yards.
In Week 5 against DAL he caught 1 of 1 target for 64 yards and did not score.
In Week 6 against PIT he caught 2 of 3 targets for 7 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against CAR he carried 1 time for 14 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 33 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
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.
In 2025 Tez Johnson played 16 games and scored 92.4 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR67.
He caught 28 of 44 targets for 322 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.
That came to 2.8 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 12 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 47 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Tez Johnson was available for 8 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Tez Johnson scored 5.8 PPR points a game and Efton Chism III 2.1, 3.7 a game between them.
Tez Johnson had 41 more targets than Efton Chism III, 44 to 3.
Tez Johnson had 247 more receiving yards than Efton Chism III, 322 to 75.
This season Efton Chism III holds the bigger snap share, 63 percent against 38 percent.
This season Tez Johnson holds the bigger target share, 8 percent against 3 percent.
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