Should I start Ja'Kobi Lane or Joe Burrow in Week 8?
Updated Oct 27, 4:16 PM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.
Start Joe Burrow: 98 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Ja'Kobi Lane's 54 percent of the snaps and 15 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
WR62 · BAL · bye 13
- Market-based projection
- 6.0 pts a game Wk 7 price
- Overall rank
- 146
QB21 · CIN · bye 6
2026 vs pass yds line 3-3
- Market-based projection
- 17.2 pts a game Wk 7 price
- Overall rank
- 147
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The gap
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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Ja'Kobi Lane, and the board ranks him 146th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Joe Burrow, and the board ranks him 147th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Ja'Kobi Lane is 1.4 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 Joe Burrow is 0.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
Ja'Kobi Lane's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season through Week 7
Through Week 7, Ja'Kobi Lane has been on the field for 54 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 9 of the offence's 29 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 13 two minute targets.
His 13 targets have averaged 10.4 air yards.
In Week 1 against IND he caught 1 of 3 targets for 11 yards and did not score.
In Week 6 against CLE he caught 4 of 5 targets for 40 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against CIN he caught 3 of 5 targets for 25 yards and did not score.
Through Week 7, Joe Burrow has been on the field for 99 percent of CIN snaps, dropped back 236 times and thrown 7.2 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 42 of 236 dropbacks and scrambled 7 times.
In Week 4 against JAX he completed 39 of 54 passes for 428 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 3 times for 6 yards.
In Week 5 against MIA he completed 23 of 32 passes for 190 yards, threw 4 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 12 yards.
In Week 7 against BAL he completed 22 of 30 passes for 292 yards, threw 4 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 12 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
Ja'Kobi Lane is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.
In 2025 Joe Burrow played 8 games and scored 139.5 PPR points, 17.4 a game, finishing QB29.
He threw for 1809 yards on 259 attempts with 17 touchdowns and 5 interceptions, and ran for 41 yards and 0 touchdowns.
That came to 32.4 attempts a game at 7.0 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 86 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Side by side
Ja'Kobi Lane is a wide receiver and Joe Burrow a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.
Byes and availability
Ja'Kobi Lane is off in Week 13 and Joe Burrow in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.
Both players in full
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