Two players, one answer.
Mitchell Evans vs Zachariah Branch
Any league · this week start/sit · Half PPR
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
About even (Redraft half PPR)Dynasty
Zachariah Branch by 48% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · locked
Evans 3.2, Branch —
Both games are over. Week 9's call opens once every Week 8 game is in (the morning after Monday night).
TE · CAR
Mitchell Evans
3.2 final · 1.4 projected
@ GB · Thu 8:15 PM ET
2.5 a game this season · last 3: 0.1, 4.9, 3.2
WR · ATL
Zachariah Branch
— final · points pending · 0.0 projected
@ TB · Sun 1:00 PM ETOut
1.5 a game this season · last 3: 2.5, -0.1, 2.2
- 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 Half PPR 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%.