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

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ashton Jeanty, and the board ranks him 81st overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 8; 2QB: ADP 25.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Zachariah Branch, and the board ranks him 82nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Ashton Jeanty is 4.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Ashton Jeanty has been on the field for 72 percent of LV snaps, taken 66 percent of the carries, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 44 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 9 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 36 two minute targets.

His 36 targets have averaged 1.9 air yards.

In Week 4 against KC he carried 15 times for 58 yards, caught 6 of 8 targets for 68 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NE he carried 10 times for 27 yards, caught 3 of 6 targets for 50 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against BUF he carried 10 times for 22 yards, caught 4 of 6 targets for 36 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Zachariah Branch has been on the field for 22 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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Ashton Jeanty played 17 games and scored 245.1 PPR points, 14.4 a game, finishing RB11.

He carried 266 times for 975 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 55 of 73 targets for 346 more yards.

That came to 15.6 carries a game at 3.7 yards a carry and 3.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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

Side by side

Ashton Jeanty is a running back and Zachariah Branch a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

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