Start Efton Chism or Elic Ayomanor? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Efton Chism III over Elic Ayomanor in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Efton Chism III at 4.7 points and Elic Ayomanor at 3.8, a gap of 0.9. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Elic Ayomanor this week yet, so his 3.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (3.8 and 3.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 4.7 fantasy points for Efton Chism III, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Efton Chism III is 21 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (9, 9 and 13 market sources).

No Week 7 player market is posted for Elic Ayomanor yet. His market-based projections were 3.8 and 3.8 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 3.8, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Efton Chism III 0.9 points ahead of Elic Ayomanor on these projections.

Injury status

Efton Chism III is not on the injury report.

Elic Ayomanor is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Elic Ayomanor played 60 percent of TEN snaps, drew 8 percent of the targets, earned 13 percent of the air yards and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

Elic Ayomanor, Week 3 against NYG: 48 of 60 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 11 yards.

Elic Ayomanor, Week 4 against BAL: 40 of 64 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 22 yards.

Elic Ayomanor, Week 5 against HOU: 33 of 63 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 17 yards.

Elic Ayomanor, Week 6 against IND: 2 targets and 1 catch for 3 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Elic Ayomanor played 16 games for TEN and scored 116.5 PPR points, 7.3 a game, finishing WR55.

He caught 41 of 89 targets for 515 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets and 400 air yards.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Brycen Tremayne over Efton Chism III.
• Start Efton Chism III over Cody White.
• Start Cooper Kupp over Efton Chism III.
• Start Cody White over Elic Ayomanor.
• Start Darius Cooper over Elic Ayomanor.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Elic Ayomanor.