Should I start Luther Burden III or Colston Loveland in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Luther Burden III, and the board ranks him 17th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 39.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Colston Loveland, and the board ranks him 20th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 20; 2QB: ADP 42.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Luther Burden III is 12.4 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 7 market sources. That is 60 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Colston Loveland's market-based projection is 11.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 7 market sources. That is the 19th highest figure of the 198 players with a market-based projection.

Luther Burden III's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 7

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.

Through Week 7, Colston Loveland has been on the field for 86 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 60 third down targets, had 2 of its 32 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 42 targets have averaged 6.9 air yards.

In Week 5 against GB he caught 2 of 5 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against ATL he caught 6 of 7 targets for 65 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against NE he caught 7 of 12 targets for 69 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Colston Loveland played 16 games and scored 165.1 PPR points, 10.3 a game, finishing TE12.

He caught 58 of 82 targets for 713 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 5.1 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 12.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 63 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Colston Loveland was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Colston Loveland scored 10.3 PPR points a game and Luther Burden III 8.5, 1.8 a game between them.

Luther Burden III finished WR48 and Colston Loveland TE12, which are two different ladders.

Luther Burden III is a wide receiver and Colston Loveland a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 10, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

What would change the answer

Luther Burden III has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.