Start Efton Chism III or Rashid Shaheed? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Rashid Shaheed over Efton Chism III in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Rashid Shaheed at 5.5 points and Efton Chism III at 5.0, a gap of 0.6. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Efton Chism III's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is. No player market is posted for Rashid Shaheed this week yet, so his 5.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (5.0, 5.3 and 6.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 5.0 fantasy points for Efton Chism III, with 70 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Efton Chism III is 0.2 touchdowns (13 market sources).

No Week 8 player market is posted for Rashid Shaheed yet. His market-based projections were 5.0, 5.3 and 6.3 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 5.5, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

That puts Rashid Shaheed 0.6 points ahead of Efton Chism III on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Efton Chism III and NE visit MIA on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

MIA allowed 23.8 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 3rd fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 116 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against MIA.

Rashid Shaheed and SEA host CHI on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

CHI allowed 29.2 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 10th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 149 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against CHI.

By points allowed to the position, Rashid Shaheed has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Efton Chism III is not on the injury report.

Rashid Shaheed is listed as questionable with a knee injury.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Efton Chism III played 63 percent of NE snaps, drew 3 percent of the targets, earned 1 percent of the air yards and had 0 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.

Through Week 7, Rashid Shaheed played 49 percent of SEA snaps, drew 14 percent of the targets, earned 21 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Rashid Shaheed, Week 4 against LAC: 36 of 60 snaps, 2 carries for 33 yards, 3 targets and 1 catch for 20 yards, 1 touchdown.

Rashid Shaheed, Week 5 against SF: 29 of 63 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 23 yards.

Rashid Shaheed, Week 6 against DEN: 39 of 85 snaps, 1 carry for 2 yards, 8 targets and 5 catches for 66 yards.

Rashid Shaheed, Week 7 against KC: 22 of 69 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 1 yards.

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.

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.

In 2025, Rashid Shaheed played 18 games for SEA and scored 156.6 PPR points, 8.7 a game, finishing WR39.

He caught 59 of 92 targets for 687 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets and 510 air yards.

He was on the field for 61 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start Adonai Mitchell over Efton Chism III.
• Start Efton Chism III over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Efton Chism III over Cody White.
• Start Rashid Shaheed over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Rashid Shaheed.
• Start Rashid Shaheed over Cooper Kupp.