Should I start Zachariah Branch or Ashton Dulin in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Zachariah Branch, and the board ranks him 208th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ashton Dulin, and the board ranks him 213th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Zachariah Branch is 0.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 12 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 0.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 12 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 6, Zachariah Branch has been on the field for 24 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 47 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 1.1 air yards.

In Week 4 against NO he caught 2 of 2 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against BAL he caught 2 of 2 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CHI he caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 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

Zachariah Branch is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

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.

Head to head

This season Ashton Dulin holds the bigger snap share, 28 percent against 24 percent.

This season Ashton Dulin holds the bigger target share, 12 percent against 6 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Ashton Dulin is listed as questionable on the injury report.