Start Zachariah Branch or DeVonta Smith? Week 6
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Zachariah Branch over DeVonta Smith
- Market projects
- 3.2
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 22%
- Through Week 5
- Target share
- 6%
- Through Week 5
- CAR D vs WR
- 28.4
- 9th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 93%
- Through Week 3
- Target share
- 33%
- Through Week 3
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Our Week 6 call
Start Zachariah Branch over DeVonta Smith in Week 6.
DeVonta Smith is listed out on the injury report, so this is not a close call: start Zachariah Branch.
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What the market projects
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 11 market sources).
No player market was posted for DeVonta Smith in Week 6.
Week 6 matchups
DeVonta Smith and PHI host CAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
CAR allowed 28.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 4 games, the 9th fewest in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 152 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against CAR.
Injury status
Zachariah Branch is not on the injury report.
DeVonta Smith is listed as out with a hamstring injury.
Usage before Week 6
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.
Through Week 3, DeVonta Smith played 93 percent of PHI snaps, drew 33 percent of the targets, earned 48 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.
DeVonta Smith, Week 1 against WAS: 52 of 55 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 53 yards.
DeVonta Smith, Week 2 against TEN: 67 of 76 snaps, 13 targets and 10 catches for 117 yards, 1 touchdown.
DeVonta Smith, Week 3 against CHI: 50 of 50 snaps, 8 targets and 6 catches for 65 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, DeVonta Smith played 17 games for PHI and scored 201.8 PPR points, 11.9 a game, finishing WR20.
He caught 77 of 113 targets for 1008 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets and 715 air yards.
He was on the field for 89 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 6 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
WR34 · ATL · bye unlisted
2026 vs anytime td line 0-5
- Overall rank
- 84
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 15
Ranked behind
WR59 · PHI · bye 10
2025 vs rec yds line 7-9
- Overall rank
- 143
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 16
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 board59
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 15 and tier 16
- Board size176 draftable players
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