Chris Olave or Zachariah Branch: who should I start in Week 6?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Chris Olave at 17.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 12th highest figure of the 132 players the market prices.

The player markets price Zachariah Branch at 3.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 91st highest figure of the 132 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Chris Olave: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 9th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 9.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Zachariah Branch: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 84th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Chris Olave has been on the field for 86 percent of NO snaps, drawn 28 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 48 third down targets, had 1 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 54 targets have averaged 13.5 air yards.

In Week 3 against LV he caught 9 of 13 targets for 107 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against ATL he caught 8 of 12 targets for 116 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against MIN he caught 4 of 6 targets for 46 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, 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 40 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 0.3 air yards.

In Week 3 against GB he caught 1 of 2 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Chris Olave played 16 games and scored 269.0 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing WR6.

He caught 100 of 156 targets for 1163 yards and 9 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 9.8 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 11.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 84 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.

Head to head

This season Chris Olave holds the bigger snap share, 86 percent against 22 percent.

This season Chris Olave holds the bigger target share, 28 percent against 6 percent.

Byes and availability

Chris Olave is off in Week 8. No bye is listed for Zachariah Branch.

What would change the answer

14.3 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.