Should I start Zachariah Branch or Jack Bech in Week 9?
Updated Nov 3, 8:41 AM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
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- : Zachariah Branch: Listed Out (Hamstring) (Sleeper injury feed)
- : Jack Bech: IR to Questionable (Forearm, Fracture) (Sleeper injury feed)
Start Jack Bech: 36 percent of the snaps and 2 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Zachariah Branch's 27 percent of the snaps and 5 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.
WR78 · ATL · bye 11
2026 vs anytime td line 0-8
- Market-based projection
- 3.0 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 166
WR80 · LV · bye 13
2026 vs anytime td line 1-3
- Market-based projection
- 3.2 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 168
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The gap
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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 166th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Jack Bech, and the board ranks him 168th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Zachariah Branch is 1.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 2 market sources. 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 Jack Bech 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.
Zachariah Branch's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season through Week 8
Through Week 8, Zachariah Branch has been on the field for 23 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 62 third down targets, had 0 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 26 two minute targets.
His 12 targets have averaged 2.5 air yards.
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.
In Week 8 against TB he was not given the ball.
Through Week 8, Jack Bech has been on the field for 37 percent of LV snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 1 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 13 two minute targets.
His 6 targets have averaged 8.3 air yards.
In Week 2 against LAC he caught 2 of 2 targets for 25 yards and did not score.
In Week 3 against NO he was not given the ball.
In Week 8 against NYJ he was not given the ball.
Their 2025 seasons
Zachariah Branch is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.
In 2025 Jack Bech played 16 games and scored 42.4 PPR points, 2.7 a game, finishing WR119.
He caught 20 of 29 targets for 224 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.
That came to 1.8 targets a game, a 69 percent catch rate and 11.2 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 35 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Head to head
This season Jack Bech holds the bigger snap share, 37 percent against 23 percent.
This season Zachariah Branch holds the bigger target share, 6 percent against 5 percent.
Byes and availability
Zachariah Branch is off in Week 11 and Jack Bech in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.
Zachariah Branch is listed as out on the injury report.
Both players in full
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