Start Zachariah Branch or Cody White? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Cody White over Zachariah Branch in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Cody White at 3.9 points and Zachariah Branch at 3.3, a gap of 0.6. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Cody White this week yet, so his 3.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (5.0, 3.6 and 3.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Zachariah Branch this week yet, so his 3.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 7 (3.3 and 3.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Cody White yet. His market-based projections were 5.0, 3.6 and 3.2 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 3.9, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

No Week 8 player market is posted for Zachariah Branch yet. His market-based projections were 3.3 and 3.3 points in Weeks 6 and 7, an average of 3.3, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

That puts Cody White 0.6 points ahead of Zachariah Branch on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Cody White and LV visit NYJ on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NYJ allowed 30.6 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 15th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 133 yards and 1.1 touchdowns a game against NYJ.

Zachariah Branch and ATL visit TB on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

TB allowed 29.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 12th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 135 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against TB.

By points allowed to the position, Cody White has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Cody White is not on the injury report.

Zachariah Branch is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Cody White played 32 percent of LV snaps, drew 7 percent of the targets, earned 8 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Cody White, Week 4 against KC: 52 of 84 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 36 yards.

Cody White, Week 5 against NE: 37 of 60 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 44 yards.

Cody White, Week 6 against BUF: 14 of 66 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Cody White, Week 7 against LAR: 17 of 68 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards.

Through Week 7, Zachariah Branch played 25 percent of ATL snaps, drew 6 percent of the targets, earned 2 percent of the air yards and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Zachariah Branch, Week 6 against CHI: 19 of 55 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 9 yards.

Zachariah Branch, Week 7 against SF: 23 of 69 snaps, 1 carry for 8 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 9 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Cody White played 10 games for SEA and scored 18.0 PPR points, 1.8 a game.

He caught 3 of 4 targets for 90 yards and 1 touchdown, with 0 red zone targets and 32 air yards.

He was on the field for 27 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Cody White.
• Start Efton Chism III over Cody White.
• Start Elic Ayomanor over Cody White.
• Start Elic Ayomanor over Zachariah Branch.
• Start Jauan Jennings over Zachariah Branch.
• Start Jerry Jeudy over Zachariah Branch.