Start Efton Chism III. Chism III is projected for 7.5 PPR points vs 7.1 for Malachi Fields, and faces the 9th-softest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Efton Chism III WR · NE | Malachi Fields WR · NYG | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 7.5 | 7.1 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 6.2 | 6.5 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 9.3 | 8.4 |
| StatChasers projection | 6.2 (WR61) | 6.9 (WR57) |
| Opponent | vs GB | vs PHI |
| Opponent vs. position | 9th-softest (34.8 pts/g allowed) | 2nd-softest (39.4 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 9% target share (last 3) | 12% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | SIT · Bench | SIT · Bench |
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Start Efton Chism III. Chism III projects for 7.5 PPR points vs GB, against 7.1 for Malachi Fields vs PHI: a 0.4-point edge.
The projection is the average of every source that carries each player this week, and a player listed Out or Doubtful is never the start.
Efton Chism III is projected to score more: 7.5 PPR points to 7.1 for Malachi Fields.
The sources range from 6.2 to 9.3 for Chism III and from 6.5 to 8.4 for Fields. The ranges overlap, so Fields outscoring Chism III is a realistic result.
Malachi Fields is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Fields at 6.5 PPR points, against 6.2 for Efton Chism III.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Efton Chism III has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Chism III at 9.3 PPR points, against 8.4 for Malachi Fields.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Efton Chism III plays GB and Malachi Fields plays PHI in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Chism III faces the 9th-softest defense against WRs and Fields faces the 2nd-softest defense against WRs, so Malachi Fields has the softer matchup.
Each projection already accounts for the opponent, so a soft matchup is a tiebreaker, not a reason to bench the higher projection.
Over his recent games Efton Chism III has drawn 9% of his team's targets, and Malachi Fields 12% of his team's targets.
Malachi Fields has the bigger role, and volume is the steadiest thing a projection rests on.
These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets, which here is Malachi Fields.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Efton Chism III nor Malachi Fields has an injury designation for Week 9.
Designations change through the week, so check again before kickoff; this page updates with each refresh.
Each figure is the average of the projection sources that carry the player this week: StatChasers, Sleeper, ESPN, numberFire, FFToday and the betting markets (sportsbook player props). Efton Chism III is projected by 6 of them and Malachi Fields by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.