Zachariah Branch or Jameis Winston: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Zachariah Branch: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 100th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jameis Winston: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 107th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Zachariah Branch at 3.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 103rd highest figure of the 139 players the market prices.

The market has Jameis Winston at 15.8 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 12 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Jameis Winston's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 5

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.

Through Week 5, Jameis Winston has been on the field for 96 percent of NYG snaps, dropped back 148 times and thrown 9.6 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 27 of 148 dropbacks and scrambled 5 times.

In Week 3 against TEN he completed 14 of 22 passes for 118 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 15 yards.

In Week 4 against ARI he completed 18 of 29 passes for 250 yards and threw 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions.

In Week 5 against WAS he completed 33 of 54 passes for 326 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 28 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

Zachariah Branch is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

In 2025 Jameis Winston played 3 games and scored 45.3 PPR points, 15.1 a game, finishing QB46.

He threw for 567 yards on 66 attempts with 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, and ran for 23 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 22.0 attempts a game at 8.6 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Side by side

Zachariah Branch is a wide receiver and Jameis Winston a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

What would change the answer

Jameis Winston is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.