Should I start Zachariah Branch or Cody White in Week 8?
Updated Oct 27, 11:41 AM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.
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Week 8 verdict
Start Cody White over Zachariah Branch
- Market projects
- 3.9
- recent weeks avg
- NYJ D vs WR
- 30.6
- 15th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 32%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 7%
- Through Week 7
- Market projects
- 3.3
- recent weeks avg
- TB D vs WR
- 29.9
- 12th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 25%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 6%
- Through Week 7
Start Cody White: 35 percent of the snaps and 8 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Zachariah Branch's 29 percent of the snaps and 6 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.
WR75 · ATL · bye 11
2026 vs anytime td line 0-7
- Market-based projection
- 3.3 pts a game Wk 7 price
- Overall rank
- 176
WR · LV · bye unlisted
2026 vs anytime td line 2-4
- Overall rank
- not on the board
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The gap
- Board size293 draftable players
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 Zachariah Branch, and the board ranks him 176th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Our board does not carry Cody White at all right now: live drafts have stopped taking him and there is no player market on him this week, so he has no rank, no tier and no ADP here.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Zachariah Branch is 0.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
No season market is posted for Cody White, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
This season through Week 7
Through Week 7, Zachariah Branch has been on the field for 25 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 2 of the offence's 55 third down targets, had 0 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 25 two minute targets.
His 12 targets have averaged 2.5 air yards.
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.
In Week 7 against SF he carried 1 time for 8 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 9 yards and did not score.
Through Week 7, Cody White has been on the field for 32 percent of LV snaps, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 5 of the offence's 71 third down targets, had 2 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 43 two minute targets.
His 19 targets have averaged 9.5 air yards.
In Week 5 against NE he caught 2 of 4 targets for 44 yards and did not score.
In Week 6 against BUF he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against LAR he caught 1 of 3 targets for 4 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 Cody White played 10 games and scored 18.0 PPR points, 1.8 a game.
He caught 3 of 4 targets for 90 yards and 1 touchdown, with 0 red zone targets.
That came to 0.4 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 30.0 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 27 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Head to head
This season Cody White holds the bigger snap share, 32 percent against 25 percent.
This season Cody White holds the bigger target share, 7 percent against 6 percent.
Byes and availability
Zachariah Branch is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Cody White.
Both players in full
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