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Should I start Zavion Thomas or Ashton Dulin in Week 7?

Updated Oct 20, 6:11 AM ET.

Start Ashton Dulin: 28 percent of the snaps and 12 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Zavion Thomas's 10 percent of the snaps and 2 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

WR · CHI · bye 10

Overall rank
275

WR · IND · bye 13

2025 vs anytime td line 0-12

Overall rank
279

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Zavion Thomas, and the board ranks him 275th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ashton Dulin, and the board ranks him 279th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Zavion Thomas, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for Ashton Dulin, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season so far

Through Week 6, Zavion Thomas has been on the field for 8 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 0 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 27 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 1.2 air yards.

In Week 4 against NYJ he was not given the ball.

In Week 5 against GB he carried 1 time for 11 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against ATL he caught 3 of 3 targets for 25 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

Zavion Thomas 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 8 percent.

This season Ashton Dulin holds the bigger target share, 12 percent against 3 percent.

Byes and availability

Zavion Thomas is off in Week 10 and Ashton Dulin in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Ashton Dulin is listed as out on the injury report.

Both players in full

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