Start Efton Chism or Xavier Hutchinson? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Efton Chism III over Xavier Hutchinson in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Efton Chism III at 4.7 points and Xavier Hutchinson at 4.2, 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 Xavier Hutchinson this week yet, so his 4.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (4.6 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 Xavier Hutchinson yet. His market-based projections were 4.6 and 3.8 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 4.2, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Efton Chism III 0.5 points ahead of Xavier Hutchinson on these projections.

Injury status

Efton Chism III is not on the injury report.

Xavier Hutchinson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Xavier Hutchinson played 54 percent of HOU snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 20 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Xavier Hutchinson, Week 3 against IND: 29 of 54 snaps, 2 carries for 4 yards, 6 targets and 3 catches for 51 yards.

Xavier Hutchinson, Week 4 against DAL: 17 of 55 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 46 yards.

Xavier Hutchinson, Week 5 against TEN: 27 of 66 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 65 yards.

Xavier Hutchinson, Week 6 against JAX: 34 of 63 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 10 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Xavier Hutchinson played 17 games for HOU and scored 98.0 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR64.

He caught 35 of 57 targets for 428 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets and 282 air yards.

He was on the field for 57 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 Brycen Tremayne over Xavier Hutchinson.
• Start Xavier Hutchinson over Cody White.
• Start Darius Cooper over Xavier Hutchinson.