Should I start Zachariah Branch or Aaron Rodgers in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Zachariah Branch, and the board ranks him 86th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Aaron Rodgers, and the board ranks him 87th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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

Aaron Rodgers's market-based projection is 15.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 20th highest figure of the 183 players with a market-based projection.

This season through Week 6

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 6, Aaron Rodgers has been on the field for 99 percent of PIT snaps, dropped back 252 times and thrown 7.7 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 42 of 252 dropbacks and scrambled 3 times.

In Week 4 against CLE he completed 22 of 40 passes for 299 yards and threw 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions.

In Week 5 against IND he completed 22 of 31 passes for 235 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 6 yards.

In Week 6 against TB he completed 33 of 47 passes for 253 yards and threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception.

Their 2025 seasons

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

In 2025 Aaron Rodgers played 16 games and scored 234.1 PPR points, 14.6 a game, finishing QB18.

He threw for 3322 yards on 498 attempts with 24 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran for 61 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 31.1 attempts a game at 6.7 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 95 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Side by side

Zachariah Branch is a wide receiver and Aaron Rodgers a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Zachariah Branch is off in Week 11 and Aaron Rodgers in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Zachariah Branch has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.