Luther Burden III or Garrett Wilson: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Luther Burden III: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 83rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 39.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Garrett Wilson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 84th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Luther Burden III at 2.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has Garrett Wilson at 2.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Luther Burden III has been on the field for 61 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 2 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 35 targets have averaged 9.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against PHI he carried 1 time for 7 yards, caught 7 of 11 targets for 61 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against NYJ he carried 1 time for 11 yards, caught 4 of 6 targets for 63 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against GB he carried 4 times for 2 yards, caught 4 of 6 targets for 47 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Garrett Wilson has been on the field for 87 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 30 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 42 targets have averaged 9.7 air yards.

In Week 3 against DET he caught 10 of 13 targets for 107 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against CHI he caught 3 of 4 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against CLE he caught 7 of 11 targets for 104 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 Garrett Wilson played 7 games and scored 99.5 PPR points, 14.2 a game, finishing WR62.

He caught 36 of 59 targets for 395 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets.

That came to 8.4 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 11.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 89 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Luther Burden III was available for 8 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Garrett Wilson scored 14.2 PPR points a game and Luther Burden III 8.5, 5.7 a game between them.

Luther Burden III finished WR48 that year and Garrett Wilson WR62.

Luther Burden III had 1 more targets than Garrett Wilson, 60 to 59.

Luther Burden III had 257 more receiving yards than Garrett Wilson, 652 to 395.

This season Garrett Wilson holds the bigger snap share, 87 percent against 61 percent.

This season Garrett Wilson holds the bigger target share, 30 percent against 22 percent.

Byes and availability

Luther Burden III is off in Week 10 and Garrett Wilson in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.