Should I start Treylon Burks or Elic Ayomanor in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Treylon Burks, and the board ranks him 154th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Elic Ayomanor, and the board ranks him 168th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Treylon Burks is 1.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Elic Ayomanor is 1.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Treylon Burks's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 6, Treylon Burks has been on the field for 50 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 17.1 air yards.

In Week 4 against IND he caught 1 of 3 targets for 47 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against NYG he caught 2 of 5 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against SF he caught 4 of 6 targets for 66 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Elic Ayomanor has been on the field for 65 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 1 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have averaged 10.7 air yards.

In Week 5 against HOU he caught 1 of 2 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against IND he caught 1 of 2 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CLE he caught 3 of 7 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Treylon Burks played 8 games and scored 29.0 PPR points, 3.6 a game, finishing WR138.

He caught 10 of 22 targets for 130 yards and 1 touchdown, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 2.8 targets a game, a 45 percent catch rate and 13.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Elic Ayomanor played 16 games and scored 116.5 PPR points, 7.3 a game, finishing WR55.

He caught 41 of 89 targets for 515 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 5.6 targets a game, a 46 percent catch rate and 12.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Elic Ayomanor was available for 8 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Elic Ayomanor scored 7.3 PPR points a game and Treylon Burks 3.6, 3.7 a game between them.

Treylon Burks finished WR138 that year and Elic Ayomanor WR55.

Elic Ayomanor had 67 more targets than Treylon Burks, 89 to 22.

Elic Ayomanor had 385 more receiving yards than Treylon Burks, 515 to 130.

This season Elic Ayomanor holds the bigger snap share, 65 percent against 50 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 11 percent each.

Byes and availability

Treylon Burks is off in Week 7 and Elic Ayomanor in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.