Should I start Treylon Burks or Jalen Nailor in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Treylon Burks, and the board ranks him 155th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jalen Nailor, and the board ranks him 166th 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 3 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.

The market-based projection for Jalen Nailor 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, Jalen Nailor has been on the field for 55 percent of LV snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 60 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 42 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 12.3 air yards.

In Week 4 against KC he was not given the ball.

In Week 6 against BUF he caught 1 of 4 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against LAR he caught 2 of 5 targets for 14 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 Jalen Nailor played 17 games and scored 100.7 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing WR61.

He caught 29 of 53 targets for 444 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 3.1 targets a game, a 55 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 65 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jalen Nailor was available for 9 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jalen Nailor scored 5.9 PPR points a game and Treylon Burks 3.6, 2.3 a game between them.

Treylon Burks finished WR138 that year and Jalen Nailor WR61.

Jalen Nailor had 31 more targets than Treylon Burks, 53 to 22.

Jalen Nailor had 314 more receiving yards than Treylon Burks, 444 to 130.

This season Jalen Nailor holds the bigger snap share, 55 percent against 50 percent.

This season Treylon Burks holds the bigger target share, 11 percent against 9 percent.

Byes and availability

Treylon Burks is off in Week 7 and Jalen Nailor in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.