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Should I start Zavion Thomas or Demarcus Robinson in Week 8?

Updated Nov 3, 12:21 AM ET.

Start Demarcus Robinson: 49 percent of the snaps and 11 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Zavion Thomas's 14 percent of the snaps and 4 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.

Zavion Thomas

WR · CHI · bye 10

Overall rank
272

Demarcus Robinson

WR · SF · bye 8

2025 vs anytime td line 1-13

Overall rank
282

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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 272nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Demarcus Robinson, and the board ranks him 282nd 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 Demarcus Robinson, 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 7, Zavion Thomas has been on the field for 9 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 52 third down targets, had 0 of its 27 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 1.2 air yards.

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.

In Week 7 against NE he was not given the ball.

Through Week 2, Demarcus Robinson has been on the field for 49 percent of SF snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 15 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 12.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against LAR he caught 2 of 3 targets for 50 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against MIA he caught 3 of 3 targets for 34 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 Demarcus Robinson played 14 games and scored 58.2 PPR points, 4.2 a game, finishing WR99.

He caught 22 of 35 targets for 276 yards and 1 touchdown, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 2-3 targets a game, a 63 percent catch rate and 13 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 46 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Head to head

This season Demarcus Robinson holds the bigger snap share, 49 percent against 9 percent.

This season Demarcus Robinson holds the bigger target share, 11 percent against 3 percent.

Byes and availability

Zavion Thomas is off in Week 10 and Demarcus Robinson in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Demarcus Robinson is listed as ir on the injury report.

Both players in full

Week 8 on the board

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