Should I start Zachariah Branch or Bo Melton in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Zachariah Branch, and the board ranks him 216th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Bo Melton, and the board ranks him 218th 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.

No season market is posted for Bo Melton, 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, 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.

Through Week 5, Bo Melton has been on the field for 25 percent of GB snaps, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 10.6 air yards.

In Week 3 against ATL he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against TB he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against CHI he caught 3 of 4 targets for 20 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 Bo Melton played 16 games and scored 24.2 PPR points, 1.5 a game, finishing WR146.

He caught 4 of 13 targets for 107 yards and 1 touchdown, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 0.8 targets a game, a 31 percent catch rate and 26.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 9 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Head to head

This season Bo Melton holds the bigger snap share, 25 percent against 22 percent.

This season Zachariah Branch holds the bigger target share, 6 percent against 4 percent.

Byes and availability

Zachariah Branch is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Bo Melton.