Two players, one answer.
Elijah Mitchell vs Zachariah Branch
Any league · this week start/sit · Standard
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
No call this week: one of them has no game or a projection under 4 points
Rest of season
Elijah Mitchell by 6% (Redraft standard)Dynasty
Zachariah Branch by 53% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · locked
Mitchell —, Branch —
Both games are over; the points land with the next stats refresh. Week 9's call opens once every Week 8 game is in (the morning after Monday night).
RB · PHI
Elijah Mitchell
— final · points pending · 2.6 projected
@ WAS · Sun 8:20 PM ET
3.4 a game this season · last 1: 3.4
WR · ATL
Zachariah Branch
— final · points pending · 0.0 projected
@ TB · Sun 1:00 PM ETOut
0.7 a game this season · last 3: 1.5, -1.1, 1.7
- His game has already kicked off, so most platforms have locked him in or out for this week.
- Zachariah Branch is out.
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This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with Standard settings. The percentage is how often a projected gap like this held up across the 2025 season; checked against 2026 games (not used to fit it), the stated chances so far run a few points high, so read a 60% call as nearer 55%.