Zachariah Branch or Quinshon Judkins: 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 84th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Quinshon Judkins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 85th 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 11 market sources. That is the 91st highest figure of the 132 players the market prices.

The market has Quinshon Judkins at 3.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Quinshon Judkins'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, Quinshon Judkins has been on the field for 60 percent of CLE snaps, taken 61 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 43 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 4 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have come 1.5 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against CAR he carried 18 times for 70 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against PIT he carried 17 times for 53 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 43 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against NYJ he carried 14 times for 44 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 6 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 Quinshon Judkins played 15 games and scored 169.8 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing RB26.

He carried 230 times for 827 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 26 of 36 targets for 171 more yards.

That came to 15.3 carries a game at 3.6 yards a carry and 1.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 50 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Side by side

Zachariah Branch is a wide receiver and Quinshon Judkins a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Quinshon Judkins is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Zachariah Branch.

Quinshon Judkins is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

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