Start Chris Olave or Zachariah Branch? Week 6
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Chris Olave over Zachariah Branch
- Market projects
- 17.4
- fantasy pts
- NYG D vs WR
- 30.9
- 15th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 86%
- Through Week 5
- Target share
- 28%
- Through Week 5
- Market projects
- 3.2
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 22%
- Through Week 5
- Target share
- 6%
- Through Week 5
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Our Week 6 call
Start Chris Olave over Zachariah Branch in Week 6.
Market-based projections have Chris Olave at 17.4 points and Zachariah Branch at 3.2, a gap of 14.3.
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What the market projects
Player markets imply 17.4 fantasy points for Chris Olave, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market has Chris Olave at 80.5 receiving yards and 6.5 receptions, with a 39% chance to score a touchdown (8, 6 and 12 market sources).
Player markets imply 3.2 fantasy points for Zachariah Branch, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market has Zachariah Branch at 10.5 receiving yards, with a 9% chance to score a touchdown (8 and 10 market sources).
That puts Chris Olave 14.3 points ahead of Zachariah Branch on the market projections.
Week 6 matchups
Chris Olave and NO visit NYG on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
NYG allowed 30.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 15th fewest in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 139 yards and a touchdown a game against NYG.
Injury status
Chris Olave is not on the injury report.
Zachariah Branch is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 6
Through Week 5, Chris Olave played 86 percent of NO snaps, drew 28 percent of the targets, earned 45 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.
Chris Olave, Week 2 against BAL: 57 of 68 snaps, 10 targets and 8 catches for 86 yards, 1 touchdown.
Chris Olave, Week 3 against LV: 62 of 74 snaps, 13 targets and 9 catches for 107 yards.
Chris Olave, Week 4 against ATL: 64 of 74 snaps, 12 targets and 8 catches for 116 yards.
Chris Olave, Week 5 against MIN: 41 of 45 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 46 yards.
Through Week 5, Zachariah Branch played 22 percent of ATL snaps, drew 6 percent of the targets, earned 0 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.
Zachariah Branch, Week 2 against CAR: 14 of 69 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 14 yards.
Zachariah Branch, Week 3 against GB: 13 of 71 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 7 yards.
Zachariah Branch, Week 4 against NO: 13 of 57 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 10 yards.
Zachariah Branch, Week 5 against BAL: 12 of 64 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 15 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Chris Olave played 16 games for NO and scored 269.0 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing WR6.
He caught 100 of 156 targets for 1163 yards and 9 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets and 874 air yards.
He was on the field for 84 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 6 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
WR5 · NO · bye 8
2026 vs anytime td line 1-4
- Overall rank
- 9
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 3
Ranked behind
WR33 · ATL · bye unlisted
2026 vs anytime td line 0-5
- Overall rank
- 80
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 15
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 6, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board71
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 3 and tier 15
- Board size176 draftable players
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