Start Zachariah Branch or Tory Horton? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Tory Horton over Zachariah Branch in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Tory Horton at 2.6 points and Zachariah Branch at 2.4, a gap of 0.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Tory Horton this week yet, so his 2.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (2.0 and 3.1); 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 Tory Horton yet. His market-based projections were 2.0 and 3.2 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 2.6, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

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.

That puts Tory Horton 0.2 points ahead of Zachariah Branch on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Tory Horton and SEA host KC on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

KC allowed 21.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 4 games, the fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 109 yards and no touchdowns a game against KC.

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

SF allowed 27.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 7th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 127 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against SF.

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

Injury status

Tory Horton is not on the injury report.

Zachariah Branch is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Tory Horton played 28 percent of SEA snaps, drew 5 percent of the targets, earned 6 percent of the air yards and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Tory Horton, Week 6 against DEN: 39 of 85 snaps, 5 targets and 1 catch for 13 yards.

Through Week 6, Zachariah Branch played 22 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: 2 targets and 2 catches for 9 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 7 calls

• Start Tory Horton over Bo Melton.
• Start Tory Horton over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Germie Bernard over Tory Horton.
• Start Zachariah Branch over Bo Melton.
• Start Zachariah Branch over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Jacob Cowing over Zachariah Branch.