Start Zachariah Branch or Tory Horton? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Zachariah Branch over Tory Horton in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Zachariah Branch at 3.2 points and Tory Horton at 1.8, a gap of 1.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

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 10 market sources).

Player markets imply 1.8 fantasy points for Tory Horton, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Tory Horton at 5.5 receiving yards and 0.5 receptions, with a 12% chance to score a touchdown (10, 8 and 13 market sources).

That puts Zachariah Branch 1.4 points ahead of Tory Horton on the market projections.

Injury status

Zachariah Branch is not on the injury report.

Tory Horton is not on the injury report.

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 5, Tory Horton played 22 percent of SEA snaps, drew 3 percent of the targets, earned 6 percent of the air yards and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

Tory Horton, Week 2 against ARI: 22 of 70 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Tory Horton, Week 3 against WAS: 15 of 67 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 48 yards.

Tory Horton, Week 4 against LAC: 10 of 60 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 6 yards, 1 touchdown.

Tory Horton, Week 5 against SF: 11 of 63 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Tory Horton played 8 games for SEA and scored 65.1 PPR points, 8.1 a game, finishing WR96.

He caught 13 of 22 targets for 161 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets and 128 air yards.

He was on the field for 47 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Zachariah Branch.
• Start Chris Olave over Zachariah Branch.
• Start Cooper Kupp over Zachariah Branch.
• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Tory Horton.
• Start Chris Olave over Tory Horton.
• Start Cooper Kupp over Tory Horton.