Start Dohnte Meyers or Efton Chism III? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Dohnte Meyers over Efton Chism III in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Dohnte Meyers at 6.0 points and Efton Chism III at 5.7, a gap of 0.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Efton Chism III this week yet, so his 5.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (4.4, 6.8 and 5.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 6.0 fantasy points for Dohnte Meyers, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Dohnte Meyers is 21 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (10, 10 and 11 market sources).

No Week 10 player market is posted for Efton Chism III yet. His market-based projections were 4.4, 6.8 and 5.8 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 5.7, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

The market-based projection for Efton Chism III is 0.3 touchdowns (12 market sources).

That puts Dohnte Meyers 0.3 points ahead of Efton Chism III on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Dohnte Meyers and CIN host PIT on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

PIT allowed 28.7 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 11th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 139 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against PIT.

Efton Chism III and NE visit DET on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

DET allowed 37.7 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 2nd most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 176 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against DET.

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

Injury status

Dohnte Meyers is not on the injury report.

Efton Chism III is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Dohnte Meyers played 45 percent of CIN snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 7 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Dohnte Meyers, Week 5 against MIA: 19 of 65 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 12 yards.

Dohnte Meyers, Week 7 against BAL: 20 of 53 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Dohnte Meyers, Week 8 against TEN: 44 of 74 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 34 yards.

Dohnte Meyers, Week 9 against ATL: 24 of 57 snaps, 1 carry for 16 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 47 yards.

Through Week 9, Efton Chism III played 67 percent of NE snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

Efton Chism III, Week 7 against CHI: 34 of 54 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 16 yards.

Efton Chism III, Week 8 against MIA: 53 of 60 snaps, 5 targets and 5 catches for 37 yards.

Efton Chism III, Week 9 against GB: 32 of 63 snaps, 5 targets and 5 catches for 49 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Adonai Mitchell over Dohnte Meyers.
• Start Cooper Kupp over Dohnte Meyers.
• Start Dohnte Meyers over Elic Ayomanor.
• Start Adonai Mitchell over Efton Chism III.
• Start Cooper Kupp over Efton Chism III.
• Start Efton Chism III over Elic Ayomanor.