Should I start Luther Burden III or DJ Moore in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

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.

Live drafts hold no current pick on DJ Moore, and the board ranks him 87th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 16; 2QB: ADP 37.

The market-based projections

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

The market-based projection for DJ Moore is 2.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

This season so far

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 8, DJ Moore has been on the field for 51 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 38 third down targets, had 1 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 27 targets have averaged 15.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against LAC he caught 6 of 10 targets for 67 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NE he carried 1 time for 6 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against BAL he carried 1 time for 4 yards, caught 4 of 7 targets for 82 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 DJ Moore played 17 games and scored 170.2 PPR points, 10.0 a game, finishing WR35.

He caught 50 of 85 targets for 682 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 5.0 targets a game, a 59 percent catch rate and 13.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

DJ Moore was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 DJ Moore scored 10.0 PPR points a game and Luther Burden III 8.5, 1.5 a game between them.

Luther Burden III finished WR48 that year and DJ Moore WR35.

DJ Moore had 25 more targets than Luther Burden III, 85 to 60.

DJ Moore had 30 more receiving yards than Luther Burden III, 682 to 652.

This season Luther Burden III holds the bigger snap share, 61 percent against 51 percent.

This season DJ Moore holds the bigger target share, 19 percent against 13 percent.

Byes and availability

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

DJ Moore is listed as questionable on the injury report.