Start Efton Chism or Brycen Tremayne? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Brycen Tremayne over Efton Chism III in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Brycen Tremayne at 5.4 points and Efton Chism III at 4.8, a gap of 0.5. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Brycen Tremayne this week yet, so his 5.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 6 (7.4 and 3.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Efton Chism III this week yet, so his 4.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (6.2 and 3.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Brycen Tremayne yet. His market-based projections were 7.4 and 3.4 points in Weeks 4 and 6, an average of 5.4, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Efton Chism III yet. His market-based projections were 6.2 and 3.5 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 4.8, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Brycen Tremayne 0.5 points ahead of Efton Chism III on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Brycen Tremayne and CAR host TB on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

TB allowed 30.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 13th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 139 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against TB.

Efton Chism III and NE visit CHI on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

CHI allowed 31.6 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 15th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 160 yards and a touchdown a game against CHI.

By points allowed to the position, Efton Chism III has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Brycen Tremayne is not on the injury report.

Efton Chism III is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 4, Brycen Tremayne played 54 percent of CAR snaps, drew 6 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Brycen Tremayne, Week 1 against CHI: 12 of 68 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Brycen Tremayne, Week 2 against ATL: 11 of 66 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Brycen Tremayne, Week 3 against CLE: 62 of 77 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 83 yards.

Brycen Tremayne, Week 4 against DET: 69 of 75 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 32 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Brycen Tremayne played 16 games for CAR and scored 30.0 PPR points, 1.9 a game, finishing WR136.

He caught 14 of 18 targets for 160 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target and 102 air yards.

He was on the field for 26 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Efton Chism III played 8 games for NE 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 and 35 air yards.

He was on the field for 14 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Efton Chism III, Week 18 of 2025 against MIA: 1 target and 1 catch for 35 yards, 4.5 PPR points.

Efton Chism III, Week 17 of 2025 against NYJ: 41 of 66 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 40 yards, 1 touchdown, 12.0 PPR points.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Cooper Kupp over Brycen Tremayne.
• Start Brycen Tremayne over Darnell Mooney.
• Start DeMario Douglas over Brycen Tremayne.
• Start Efton Chism III over Cody White.
• Start Cooper Kupp over Efton Chism III.
• Start Efton Chism III over Darnell Mooney.