Should I start Joe Burrow or Wan'Dale Robinson in Week 8?

Updated Oct 27, 2:16 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 Wan'Dale Robinson's 65 percent of the snaps and 23 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.

Should I drop Wan'Dale Robinson for Joe Burrow?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Joe Burrow projects 170 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (17.0 a game over 10 games), Wan'Dale Robinson 78 (8.7 a game over 9 games).

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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.

Joe Burrow

QB21 · CIN · bye 6

2026 vs pass yds line 3-3

Market-based projection: 17.2 pts a game Wk 7 price
Overall rank: 144

Wan'Dale Robinson

WR60 · TEN · bye 9

2026 vs anytime td line 2-5

Market-based projection: 8.9 pts a game Wk 7 price
Overall rank: 145

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The gap

Board size293 draftable players

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 Joe Burrow, and the board ranks him 144th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Wan'Dale Robinson, and the board ranks him 145th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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.

The market-based projection for Wan'Dale Robinson 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.

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

This season through Week 7

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.

Through Week 7, Wan'Dale Robinson has been on the field for 66 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 2 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 43 targets have averaged 5.8 air yards.

In Week 5 against HOU he caught 6 of 7 targets for 53 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against IND he caught 3 of 7 targets for 22 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CLE he caught 4 of 6 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Wan'Dale Robinson played 16 games and scored 217.9 PPR points, 13.6 a game, finishing WR14.

He caught 92 of 140 targets for 1014 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 8.8 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 11.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 91 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Wan'Dale Robinson was available for 8 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Joe Burrow scored 17.4 PPR points a game and Wan'Dale Robinson 13.6, 3.8 a game between them.

Joe Burrow finished QB29 and Wan'Dale Robinson WR14, which are two different ladders.

Joe Burrow is a quarterback and Wan'Dale Robinson a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Joe Burrow is off in Week 6 and Wan'Dale Robinson in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Wan'Dale Robinson for Joe Burrow?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Joe Burrow projects 170 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (17.0 a game over 10 games), Wan'Dale Robinson 78 (8.7 a game over 9 games).
Should I drop Joe Burrow for Wan'Dale Robinson?
No. Keep Joe Burrow: he projects 170 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (17.0 a game over 10 games), Wan'Dale Robinson 78 (8.7 a game over 9 games).