Start Zachariah Branch or Tory Horton? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Zachariah Branch over Tory Horton in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Zachariah Branch at 3.3 points and Tory Horton at 2.7, 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 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. No player market is posted for Tory Horton this week yet, so his 2.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (3.1, 1.4 and 3.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Tory Horton yet. His market-based projections were 3.2, 1.4 and 3.4 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 2.7, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

The market-based projection for Tory Horton is 0.2 touchdowns (7 market sources).

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 Zachariah Branch 0.6 points ahead of Tory Horton on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Tory Horton and SEA host CHI on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

CHI allowed 29.2 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 10th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 149 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against CHI.

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, 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 8

Through Week 7, Tory Horton played 31 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 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.

Tory Horton, Week 7 against KC: 31 of 69 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 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, 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 8 calls

• Start Cody White over Tory Horton.
• Start Elic Ayomanor over Tory Horton.
• Start Jauan Jennings over Tory Horton.
• Start Cody White over Zachariah Branch.
• Start Elic Ayomanor over Zachariah Branch.
• Start Jauan Jennings over Zachariah Branch.