Should I start Elic Ayomanor or Zachariah Branch in Week 8?
Updated Oct 27, 2:16 PM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.
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Week 8 verdict
Start Elic Ayomanor over Zachariah Branch
- Market projects
- 4.0
- recent weeks avg
- CIN D vs WR
- 31.4
- 15th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 65%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 11%
- 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 Elic Ayomanor: 68 percent of the snaps and 13 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.
Should I drop Zachariah Branch for Elic Ayomanor?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Elic Ayomanor projects 35 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (3.9 a game over 9 games), Zachariah Branch 27 (3.0 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Elic Ayomanor over Zachariah Branch.
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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.
WR71 · TEN · bye 9
2026 vs anytime td line 1-6
- Market-based projection
- 4.1 pts a game Wk 7 price
- Overall rank
- 168
WR75 · ATL · bye 11
2026 vs anytime td line 0-7
- Market-based projection
- 3.3 pts a game Wk 7 price
- Overall rank
- 177
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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 Elic Ayomanor, and the board ranks him 168th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Zachariah Branch, and the board ranks him 177th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Elic Ayomanor is 1.0 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.
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.
Elic Ayomanor's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season through Week 7
Through Week 7, Elic Ayomanor has been on the field for 65 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 7 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 1 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 35 two minute targets.
His 21 targets have averaged 10.7 air yards.
In Week 5 against HOU he caught 1 of 2 targets for 17 yards and did not score.
In Week 6 against IND he caught 1 of 2 targets for 3 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against CLE he caught 3 of 7 targets for 44 yards and did not score.
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.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Elic Ayomanor played 16 games and scored 116.5 PPR points, 7.3 a game, finishing WR55.
He caught 41 of 89 targets for 515 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.
That came to 5.6 targets a game, a 46 percent catch rate and 12.6 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 79 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 Elic Ayomanor holds the bigger snap share, 65 percent against 25 percent.
This season Elic Ayomanor holds the bigger target share, 11 percent against 6 percent.
Byes and availability
Elic Ayomanor is off in Week 9 and Zachariah Branch in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Zachariah Branch for Elic Ayomanor?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Elic Ayomanor projects 35 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (3.9 a game over 9 games), Zachariah Branch 27 (3.0 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Elic Ayomanor over Zachariah Branch.
Should I drop Elic Ayomanor for Zachariah Branch?
No. Keep Elic Ayomanor: he projects 35 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (3.9 a game over 9 games), Zachariah Branch 27 (3.0 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Elic Ayomanor over Zachariah Branch.
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