Should I start Efton Chism or Ashton Dulin in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Efton Chism: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 209th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ashton Dulin: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 211th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Efton Chism is 1.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Ashton Dulin is 1.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Efton Chism's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 5, Efton Chism has been on the field for 43 percent of NE snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 30 third down targets, had 1 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 10 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 8.6 air yards.

In Week 3 against JAX he caught 1 of 2 targets for 1 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BUF he caught 2 of 4 targets for 42 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against LV he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 57 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Ashton Dulin has been on the field for 28 percent of IND snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 15 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 7 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 5.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against BAL he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against WAS he caught 3 of 6 targets for 29 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Efton Chism played 8 games 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.

That came to 0.4 targets a game, a 100 percent catch rate and 25.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 14 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Ashton Dulin played 12 games and scored 20.0 PPR points, 1.7 a game.

He caught 5 of 10 targets for 106 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 0.8 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 21.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 20 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ashton Dulin was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Efton Chism scored 2.1 PPR points a game and Ashton Dulin 1.7, 0.4 a game between them.

Ashton Dulin had 7 more targets than Efton Chism, 10 to 3.

Ashton Dulin had 31 more receiving yards than Efton Chism, 106 to 75.

This season Efton Chism holds the bigger snap share, 43 percent against 28 percent.

This season Ashton Dulin holds the bigger target share, 12 percent against 11 percent.

Byes and availability

Efton Chism is off in Week 11 and Ashton Dulin in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Ashton Dulin is listed as out on the injury report.