Start Jerry Jeudy or Efton Chism III? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Jerry Jeudy over Efton Chism III in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Jerry Jeudy at 4.9 points and Efton Chism III at 4.6, a gap of 0.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 4.9 fantasy points for Jerry Jeudy, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jerry Jeudy is 23 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (8, 7 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 4.6 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 19 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (11, 11 and 13 market sources).

That puts Jerry Jeudy 0.3 points ahead of Efton Chism III on the market projections.

Week 7 matchups

Jerry Jeudy and CLE visit TEN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

TEN allowed 35.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 9th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 175 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against TEN.

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

CHI allowed 31.5 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 15th fewest in the league.

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

By points allowed to the position, Jerry Jeudy has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Jerry Jeudy is not on the injury report.

Efton Chism III is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Jerry Jeudy played 59 percent of CLE snaps, drew 11 percent of the targets, earned 15 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Jerry Jeudy, Week 3 against CAR: 36 of 70 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jerry Jeudy, Week 4 against PIT: 24 of 64 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 36 yards.

Jerry Jeudy, Week 5 against NYJ: 55 of 68 snaps, 7 targets and 3 catches for 19 yards.

Jerry Jeudy, Week 6 against BAL: 39 of 62 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 69 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jerry Jeudy played 17 games for CLE and scored 120.7 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing WR52.

He caught 50 of 106 targets for 602 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 436 air yards.

He was on the field for 85 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 Brycen Tremayne over Jerry Jeudy.
• Start Jerry Jeudy over Cody White.
• Start Jerry Jeudy over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Brycen Tremayne over Efton Chism III.
• Start Efton Chism III over Cody White.
• Start Cooper Kupp over Efton Chism III.