Should I start Bhayshul Tuten or Luther Burden III in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Bhayshul Tuten, and the board ranks him 27th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Luther Burden III, and the board ranks him 28th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 39.

The market-based projections

Bhayshul Tuten's market-based projection is 13.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 17th highest figure of the 175 players with a market-based projection.

No season market is posted for Luther Burden III, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season so far

Through Week 8, Bhayshul Tuten has been on the field for 56 percent of JAX snaps, taken 57 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 32 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 48 third down targets, had 5 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have come 3.1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against PHI he carried 22 times for 72 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against HOU he carried 12 times for 39 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 48 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 8 against IND he carried 16 times for 104 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 55 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 7, Luther Burden III has been on the field for 61 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 9 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 1 of its 1 two minute target.

His 4 targets have averaged 9.5 air yards.

In Week 7 against NE he carried 1 time for 7 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 130 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Bhayshul Tuten played 15 games and scored 88.6 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing RB53.

He carried 83 times for 307 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 10 of 14 targets for 79 more yards.

That came to 5-6 carries a game at 3.7 yards a carry and 0.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 21 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Luther Burden III played 15 games and scored 127.9 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing WR48.

He caught 47 of 60 targets for 652 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 4.0 targets a game, a 78 percent catch rate and 13.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 15 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Luther Burden III scored 8.5 PPR points a game and Bhayshul Tuten 5.9, 2.6 a game between them.

Bhayshul Tuten finished RB53 and Luther Burden III WR48, which are two different ladders.

Bhayshul Tuten is a running back and Luther Burden III a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Bhayshul Tuten is off in Week 7 and Luther Burden III in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Bhayshul Tuten is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Luther Burden III has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.