Start Tim Patrick or Zachariah Branch? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Tim Patrick over Zachariah Branch in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Tim Patrick at 3.2 points and Zachariah Branch at 2.4, a gap of 0.8. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Tim Patrick this week yet, so his 3.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (2.4 and 4.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Zachariah Branch this week yet, so his 2.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 6 (1.5 and 3.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Tim Patrick yet. His market-based projections were 2.4 and 4.0 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 3.2, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Tim Patrick is 0.2 touchdowns (10 market sources).

No Week 7 player market is posted for Zachariah Branch yet. His market-based projections were 1.5 and 3.3 points in Weeks 4 and 6, an average of 2.4, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Zachariah Branch is 0.1 touchdowns (12 market sources).

That puts Tim Patrick 0.8 points ahead of Zachariah Branch on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Tim Patrick and NYJ host MIA on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

MIA allowed 23.2 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 3rd fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 110 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against MIA.

Zachariah Branch and ATL host SF on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

SF allowed 30.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 10th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 138 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against SF.

By points allowed to the position, Zachariah Branch has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Tim Patrick is not on the injury report.

Zachariah Branch is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Tim Patrick played 82 percent of NYJ snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Tim Patrick, Week 5 against CLE: 65 of 70 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 26 yards.

Tim Patrick, Week 6 against NE: 43 of 62 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 15 yards.

Through Week 6, Zachariah Branch played 24 percent of ATL snaps, drew 6 percent of the targets, earned 1 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Tim Patrick played 16 games for JAX and scored 51.7 PPR points, 3.2 a game, finishing WR107.

He caught 15 of 24 targets for 187 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 133 air yards.

He was on the field for 31 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Tim Patrick, Week 18 of 2025 against TEN: 1 target and 1 catch for 4 yards, 1.4 PPR points.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Calvin Ridley over Tim Patrick.
• Start Cody White over Tim Patrick.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Tim Patrick.
• Start Zachariah Branch over Bo Melton.
• Start Calvin Ridley over Zachariah Branch.
• Start Jacob Cowing over Zachariah Branch.