Should I start Efton Chism or Troy Franklin in Week 7?
Updated Oct 21, 9:11 AM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.
Start Efton Chism: his market-based projection is 0.9 points a game ahead of Troy Franklin's this season.
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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.
WR41 · NE · bye unlisted
2026 vs anytime td line 1-4
- Market-based projection
- 4.9 pts a game
WR44 · DEN · bye 10
2026 vs anytime td line 0-6
- Market-based projection
- 4.0 pts a game
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The gap
- Price difference0.9 points a game
- Board size304 draftable players
Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from the market projection.
The market-based projections
Efton Chism's market-based projection is 4.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 102nd highest figure of the 200 players with a market-based projection.
Troy Franklin's market-based projection is 4.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 114th highest figure of the 200 players with a market-based projection.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Efton Chism, and the board ranks him 114th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Troy Franklin, and the board ranks him 128th overall on the rest of his evidence.
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, Troy Franklin has been on the field for 39 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 1 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 0 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 22 two minute targets.
His 7 targets have averaged 12.1 air yards.
In Week 4 against SF he was not given the ball.
In Week 5 against LAC he caught 2 of 2 targets for 16 yards and did not score.
In Week 6 against SEA he caught 1 of 1 target for 2 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 Troy Franklin played 17 games and scored 177.1 PPR points, 10.4 a game, finishing WR31.
He caught 65 of 104 targets for 709 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 18 red zone targets.
That came to 6.1 targets a game, a 63 percent catch rate and 10.9 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 60 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Troy Franklin was available for 9 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Troy Franklin scored 10.4 PPR points a game and Efton Chism 2.1, 8.4 a game between them.
Troy Franklin had 101 more targets than Efton Chism, 104 to 3.
Troy Franklin had 634 more receiving yards than Efton Chism, 709 to 75.
This season Efton Chism holds the bigger snap share, 47 percent against 39 percent.
This season Efton Chism holds the bigger target share, 9 percent against 4 percent.
Byes and availability
Troy Franklin is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Efton Chism.
What would change the answer
0.9 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.
The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.
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