Should I start Zachariah Branch or Tetairoa McMillan in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Zachariah Branch, and the board ranks him 86th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tetairoa McMillan, and the board ranks him 92nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Zachariah Branch, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

The market-based projection for Tetairoa McMillan is 3.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 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.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Zachariah Branch has been on the field for 24 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 47 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 1.1 air yards.

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.

In Week 6 against CHI he caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Tetairoa McMillan has been on the field for 85 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 3 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 48 targets have averaged 11.5 air yards.

In Week 3 against CLE he caught 2 of 5 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DET he caught 14 of 16 targets for 192 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 6 against PHI he caught 6 of 9 targets for 86 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 Tetairoa McMillan played 17 games and scored 211.4 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing WR16.

He caught 70 of 122 targets for 1014 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 7.2 targets a game, a 57 percent catch rate and 15 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 87 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Head to head

This season Tetairoa McMillan holds the bigger snap share, 85 percent against 24 percent.

This season Tetairoa McMillan holds the bigger target share, 26 percent against 6 percent.

Byes and availability

Zachariah Branch is off in Week 11 and Tetairoa McMillan in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.