Trevor Lawrence or Zachariah Branch: who should I start in Week 6?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Trevor Lawrence at 16.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 18th highest figure of the 132 players the market prices.

The player markets price Zachariah Branch at 3.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 91st highest figure of the 132 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Trevor Lawrence: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 78th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Trevor Lawrence has been on the field for 97 percent of JAX snaps, dropped back 157 times and thrown 7.9 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 29 of 157 dropbacks and scrambled 5 times.

In Week 3 against NE he completed 19 of 28 passes for 182 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 4 times for 25 yards.

In Week 4 against CIN he completed 18 of 23 passes for 227 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 2 yards.

In Week 5 against PHI he completed 24 of 39 passes for 331 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 3 times for 25 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Trevor Lawrence played 17 games and scored 350.2 PPR points, 20.6 a game, finishing QB4.

He threw for 4007 yards on 560 attempts with 29 touchdowns and 12 interceptions, and ran for 359 yards and 9 touchdowns.

That came to 32.9 attempts a game at 7.2 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 98 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.

Side by side

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

Byes and availability

Trevor Lawrence is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Zachariah Branch.

What would change the answer

13.3 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.